Federal Trial and Conviction
On October 17, 2008, White was arrested in Roanoke, Virginia by the FBI. The arrest stemmed from an alleged threat White made against a federal juror involved in the 2004 Matthew F. Hale case and posting the juror's personal information online. White was held without bond. Other counts against White, filed December 11, 2008, included alleged threats he made against poor black tenants suing their landlords, and threats against others, including Warman, columnist Leonard Pitts, former South Harrison Township, New Jersey mayor Charles Tyson, and a university administrator from Delaware.
In July 2009, one count of inciting violence was dismissed by the judge. The trial on the seven remaining charges began on December 9, 2009. On December 18, the jury found White guilty on four counts and not guilty on three counts.
On February 8, 2010, a Federal judge dismissed White's conviction of threatening Warman. On April 14, 2010 White was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment. Judge James Turk said he rarely sentences defendants on the high side of guidelines, but did so because of the fear White instilled in many of his victims.
The conviction for threatening a federal juror was reversed as violating the First Amendment, and White was released in April 2011. The prosecutor appealed the ruling.
On March 1, 2012, a federal appeals court threw out the 30-month sentence White received for making threats and set a new sentencing date for enhanced sentencing because at least one of the victims was a child. Also in March, White was charged and found guilty in General District Court of littering for throwing fliers out of his car. On May 14, White failed to appear at the sentencing hearing and left a note at his apartment that he will not be returning, violating his supervised release. He claimed online he was moving to Iran.
On June 8, White was arrested by Mexican authorities in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
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