Patrick Syring was again indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia on very similar offenses on February 21,2018, and was ultimately sentenced to 60 months in prison.
18 Facts About Patrick Syring
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Patrick Syring was released early in June 2022 under the First Step Act.
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Patrick Syring was born into a large Catholic family in Toledo, Ohio, and graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1979 and the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in 1981.
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Patrick Syring finally accepted "voluntarily curtailment," ending his consular career.
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Patrick Syring was posted to the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Office of Economic Policy Analysis at the United States Department of State.
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Patrick Syring's retirement concluded a career of nearly 26 years at the State Department.
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Patrick Syring sent three voice mails and four emails to the Arab American Institute in July 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War.
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Patrick Syring identified himself in the voice mails and emails he left at the headquarters of the Arab American Institute on July 17,2006.
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From July 17,2006, to July 29,2006, Patrick Syring sent seven email and voice mail messages to the Arab American Institute headquarters offices from his home in suburban Virginia.
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The indictment claims Patrick Syring "did willfully intimidate and interfere with Arab American Institute employees because of their race and national origin", and "threatened to injure Arab American Institute employees".
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Patrick Syring pleaded not guilty on August 30,2007, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
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On November 19,2007, United States District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly denied a motion from Patrick Syring to dismiss the charges against him, ensuring that the case would go to trial.
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On March 13,2008, Patrick Syring sent an e-mail to a US television network where Zogby had been interviewed, repeating some of the language of his earlier messages.
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Patrick Syring pleaded guilty to federal civil rights charges on June 12,2008, was sentenced on July 11,2008, to one year in prison, but was released from prison early in January 2009.
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On May 30,2017, Patrick Syring began sending violent threats to the AAI again, advocating for the "cleansing" of "Arab American monsters" and eventually repeating the threats that had resulted in his 2008 sentencing.
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Patrick Syring's threats caused Zogby and other employees at the AAI to worry that Patrick Syring would target the institute in a mass shooting.
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Patrick Syring had sent over 700 emails to AAI staffers between 2012 and 2017.
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Patrick Syring was released from prison on June 5,2022.