Inmate gets additional time for sending threatening letter to judge

Inmate gets additional time for sending threatening letter to judge

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An inmate at the Erie County Correctional Facility was given additional time behind bars for sending a threatening letter to a judge while serving a 90-day sentence earlier this year, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Tuesday. Yasir Creach, 44, was given 1 1/2 to 3 years in prison. Creach sent a threatening letter to a Cheektowaga Town Court justice after he was sentenced to 90 days in jail on an attempted pe…

Inmate sentenced to prison term for sending threatening letter to judge

A Buffalo man serving a sentence in the Erie County Correctional Facility will now spend more time behind bars after sending threats to a judge.

Inmate Sentenced Under New State Law for Threatening Judge

A Buffalo man currently incarcerated at the Erie County Correctional Facility has received additional prison time for sending a threatening letter to a local judge, marking the first conviction in Erie County under a recently enacted state law. Yasir Creach, 44, was sentenced Tuesday by Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio to 18 months to 3 years in state prison. The sentence follows Creach’s conviction for aggravated harassment of a judge…

The woman had commented on an article on the public Facebook page of Kringvarp Føroya about a judgment that the judge had said. In the comment she threatened the judge with her life, writes the Faroese Police in a press release. In court, the woman explained that the comment should not be understood as a threat, and that the reason for the comment was that she thought that the punishment for sexual offenses in Faroe Islands is too low. The prose…