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A Follansbee man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to 6½ years in prison for his attempt to influence and intimidate jurors and witnesses in the Tree of Life shooter trial in Pittsburgh.
Hardy Carroll Lloyd, 45, was sentenced to 78 months in prison, according to a news release from the Office of the U.S. Attorney of the Northern District of West Virginia. He had pleaded guilty in September to charges of obstruction of the due administration of justice.
Lloyd was arrested Aug. 10, and was ordered to remain in federal custody during a hearing Aug. 30. His trial was set to begin Oct. 31.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Lloyd threatened jurors and witnesses involved in the recent trial for the Tree of Life shooter, Robert Bowers. Throughout the proceedings, Lloyd made threatening social media posts and website comments, and sent intimidating emails. Lloyd, a self-proclaimed white supremacist, admitted that he engaged in this conduct because of the actual or perceived ties to the Jewish community of the witnesses and the victims of Bowers.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Randolph Bernard and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jarod Douglas prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.