Facebook user threatens interracial couple, warns woman she’d be raped, killed, US feds say

DeBerardinis’ Facebook messages turned violent once the Massachusetts couple, a white woman and a Black man, warned they’d report him to the police, court documents show. — Bloomberg

A newly engaged couple received threatening and racist messages from a stranger on Facebook shortly after they announced their engagement, according to US federal prosecutors.

Stephen M. DeBerardinis’ messages turned violent once the Massachusetts couple, a white woman and a Black man, warned they’d report him to the police, court documents show.