A Maryland man is facing possible life in prison after pleading guilty to threatening more than a dozen Jewish institutions in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and other locations in the Northeast.

Clift Seferlis of Garrett Park, Maryland, was charged with 17 counts of mailing threatening communications and eight counts of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs. He entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Mark Kearney in Philadelphia on Nov. 17.

Seferlis is scheduled to be sentenced on March 16. He faces a maximum penalty of 169 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $5,650,000 fine, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Court documents say that between March 2024 and June 2025, the 55-year-old sent more than 40 letters and two postcards to at leas

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