A California man was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison for cyberstalking the families and friends of the victims of the 2018 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Brandon Fleury was convicted in October on three counts of cyberstalking and one count of transmitting a kidnapping threat after waging a three-week campaign to harass and threaten the victims' families.
He used 13 different Instagram accounts, including ones in which he impersonated the alleged gunman who killed 17 people. He sent dozens of messages from accounts with handles such as "the.douglas.shooter" and "nikolas.killed.your.sister," threatening to kill and kidnap his victims.
"Did you like my Valentines gift? I killed your friends," he wrote in one message.
"With the power of my AR-15, I take your loved ones away from you PERMANENTLY," he said in another.
Fred Guttenberg, who lost his 14-year-old daughter, Jaime, in the shooting, praised the decision by the judge.
"My family and the other families targeted by this criminal have been through enough," Guttenberg said in a statement to ABC News. "The fact that the criminal penalty was 66 months should not be lost on anyone who plans to harass others online."
Photo: Broward County Sheriff's Office