Daniel Richter, Threatening His Former Professor, New York 2023

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Daniel Richter, 42, of Boulder, CO, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison for threatening his former professor.

According to U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., Richter was convicted of interstate communication of threat to injure.

The investigation revealed that in 2002, Richter sent bizarre emails to the victim and followed her to her car after class. When the course was finished, the victim moved out of the Western District of New York.

In 2007, the defendant started sending post-cards with strange messages to the victim and leaving harassing voice-mail messages on her work phone. On April 23, 2008, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office arrested Richter, and the Niagara County District Attorney charged him with Stalking in the Fourth Degree.

On October 18, 2018, the victim reported to the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office that she received an envelope addressed to her at her place of employment in the Western District of New York. Around this time, the defendant was living in Colorado, and sent the envelope, which contained a handwritten letter, an article, and three movie DVDs.

The victim received a second package the same day from Richter, which contained a letter, a CD, and five movie DVDs. Between November 1 and November 7, 2018, the defendant repeatedly called the victim and left harassing voicemail messages on her phone. Richter continued to call and leave similar harassing messages for the victim in the following days, causing her considerable distress.

On November 26, 2018, the victim reported that she received an additional 156 voice mail messages and more than 150 e-mails from the defendant. Some of the voice mail messages were threatening and sexual in nature, as Richter specifically stated he was on his way to Western New York and would arrive around Christmas time.

The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Acting Sheriff Michael Filicetti, and Special Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Stephen Belongia.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/colorado-man-going-prison-threatening-his-former-professor