Man threatened to kill federal judge in Las Vegas, prosecutors say
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A man reportedly threatened to kill a U.S. federal judge and their family in letters sent to a Las Vegas courthouse, according to documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained.
A federal grand jury indicted Hadari Stallworth on charges including threatening a United States judge and mailing threatening communications, records said. The panel voted to indict Stallworth on Tuesday.
In 2022 while in Nevada, Stallworth allegedly sent a letter to the federal courthouse in Las Vegas, threatening “to assault and kidnap” the judge, writing he would “have my people kill whatever you hold dearly first: pets, kids, grandkids, husband…” according to court documents.
The letter falsely claimed it contained anthrax, documents said. A threat was also allegedly made toward the judge about slicing their throat, documents said.
A second letter was inadvertently mailed to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., documents said. In that letter, “Stallworth communicated to [the judge]… that ‘you… are… dead!’ and ‘I’m gonna get your houses set on fire with your dead bodies still in it. Better yet, I’m gonna have them give you a [paralytic] and you’re gonna burn [sic] rat, like a jew in the 40’s,’” documents said.
The judge’s name nor his or her initials were not mentioned.
Stallworth was in custody at the Ely State Prison on other charges, documents said.
Earlier this year, a Clark County judge sentenced Stallworth to at least five years in prison for stabbing a prison nurse with a homemade weapon.
Stallworth entered Nevada’s prison system in 2013. He began serving a two to 10-year sentence for a burglary charge and two robbery charges in connection with several other crimes.
A hearing on his new charges was scheduled for April 30.
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