NORTH BERGEN AND BEYOND – According to published reports, Harold “Hal” Turner, 48, a North Bergen radio shock jock and blogger, was sentenced today to 33 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter.
According to reports, Turner lambasted Walter and the attorneys who prosecuted him during an almost hour-long speech which claimed the charges against him were based on lies.
Turner was charged with threatening the lives of three Chicago U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges in 2009, after they upheld a local handgun ban, allegedly stating, “These judges must die.”
The case was heard in Brooklyn twice, which resulted with hung juries. During the first case, it was revealed that Turner was, at times, a paid FBI confidential source who allegedly kept tabs on white supremacists.
Turner was convicted in the third trial on Aug. 13. – Tricia Tirella