A Wyoming man is charged with making several violent, antisemitic threats against the Anti-Defamation League’s Denver office and another in Texas.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Casper resident Derek Allen Fulfer called the ADL Mountain States Region office three times on March 5 and left voicemails containing racial slurs and threats of violence against Jews.
According to transcripts provided in court documents, Fulfer also demanded to be added to an alleged “ban list” for anti-Semitic people, denied the Holocaust, and claimed that Hitler is returning to destroy the Jews.
Investigators confirmed that the number belonged to Fulfer, and FBI agents interviewed him outside his home on August 7. Officials said Fulfer claimed he had no idea what the ADL was and denied making the calls.
He reportedly told the agents that he believed a Jewish person had called the FBI on him. Authorities said he claimed someone was “trolling” him by using his voice and opinions and contacting the ADL.
Fulfer also stated that the phone number he used was no longer his, and he has a new one.
Agents later interviewed Fulfer’s father, who stated that his son expressed similar feelings to him when he was angry, and the voice in the messages sounded like his son’s.
Later that day, Fulfer contacted the FBI and requested to speak with the interviewing agents. Fulfer reportedly told them that he spoke with his father and admitted to leaving threatening voicemails.
According to the FBI, Fulfer admitted that he was aware of the ADL’s support for Jewish people and its efforts to combat hatred.
He reportedly told agents that the voicemails were from him, and that he made the calls while in Cheyenne for work.
Fulfer claimed that he took no further action following those calls because he did not believe any victims would be affected.
He allegedly told the agents that he believed a victim could only be someone who was specifically targeted.
He is charged with making interstate threats, which carries a sentence of 0 to 5 years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine.
