A Federal Judge has told a New Middletown man who served prison time for threatening the Jewish Community Center in Youngstown not to associate with white nationalists or white supremacists.

On Wednesday, an order was issued by U.S. District Court Judge Patricia Gaughan regarding a probation violation by 24-year-old James P. Reardon who in 2021 was sentenced to 41 months in prison after pleading guilty to charges of transmitting a threatening communication and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime.

The judge’s order modifies Reardon’s conditions of release stating he must not associate, communicate, or otherwise interact with anyone who promotes or discusses white nationalism or supremacy.

“This includes persons or events (i.e., rallies or protests) that promote or discuss anti-Semitic, anti-black, anti-LGBTQ, replacement theories or violence toward any group or government officials. If you inadvertently associate, communicate, or otherwise interact with extremist groups or individuals you must immediately report this to the probation officer,” Judge Gaughan wrote in her order.

Reardon’s court record does not provide any information detailing why the judge modified his conditions of release.

The record also does not explain why Reardon was released from prison on July 15, 2022, not even five months after Judge Gaughan sentenced him to 41 months in prison. As part of his sentence, Reardon remains on supervised release for five years.

When Reardon was sentenced on September 23, 2021, he had already been in custody for more than two years since his arrest in August 2019.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, in November of last year, Reardon was admitted to the Federal Correctional Institution at Fort Dix, New Jersey, a low-security federal correctional institution with an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp.

Reardon was arrested in the summer of 2019 after police say he posted a video on Instagram showing him firing multiple rounds. The caption under the post read "Police identified the Youngstown Jewish Family Community shooter as white nationalist Seamus O'Reardon”.

Several agencies searched Reardon's mother's home on Eastwood Drive and confiscated two AR-15s, a rifle with a bayonet, an anti-tank gun, and knives.

A 2017 YouTube video and interview from the Charlottesville white supremacist rally in Virginia, shows Reardon answering a question. In the video, Reardon claimed that he is a white nationalist and wants a homeland for white people.

Increased security was added to Jewish sites in the Youngstown area once they were made aware of the threats.