Man Threatens To Kill, Dismember Multiple People Throughout PA, NJ: Authorities

CAMDEN, NJ — A 37-year-old man from Albania was arrested after leaving life-threatening messages to multiple people throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the United States District Attorney's Office said.

Jarvis Shabazz appeared in Camden federal court on Monday and was charged with eight counts of interstate threats and two counts of cyberstalking.

On Oct. 10, 2022, Shabazz made a voicemail message for a person in which he said he would kill them and would soon be "dismembering bodies and carving human f***ing flesh."

Around a week later, he left another voicemail for that person and said in part that, "there is not a white paramilitary organization on planet Earth that is going to prevent me from taking your life...and your children will suffer the same."

Over the next 15 months, he sent more death threats and "harassing" messages to this person and another person over voicemails and text messages.

Shabazz changed his phone number frequently, authorities added, so he could continue even after he was blocked.

These threats were "filled with violent imagery, religious references, racial epithets, and obscenity."

Each count of interstate threats and cyberstalking carries a maximum sentence of up to five years in jail for a total of 50 years and a maximum fine of up to $250,000 (or twice the gross loss to the victim or gain to the defendant, whichever is more).

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