Burlington Man Receives Five-Year Sentence for Incel-Inspired Threats to Women
A Burlington, Ontario man who threatened two women while promoting violent incel ideology online has been sentenced to five years in prison.
DeAndre Anderson, 25, pleaded guilty to two counts of uttering threats that prosecutors said constituted terrorist activity under Canada’s Criminal Code.
Ontario Court Justice Jennifer Crawford handed down the sentence Friday in Burlington. Anderson must serve at least half his term before parole eligibility.
The charges stem from a joint investigation by the RCMP, Halton Regional Police, and the FBI, which uncovered Anderson’s posts under the alias MrUgly420 between 2022 and 2024. In them, he described plans to shoot a former classmate and attack women at random.
Although he never carried out the threats, Crawford said Anderson’s online activity “normalized and encouraged mass murder and violence against women.”
“His abhorrent and hateful thoughts amplified the rhetoric that fuels gender-based terrorism,” she told the court.
Anderson’s sentence was reduced by 523 days for time served, leaving 860 days (about 28 months) remaining.
Since his arrest in April 2024, Anderson has completed rehabilitation programs in anger management, stress control, and healthy relationships. He expressed remorse in court, saying, “I regret everything I said on the incel forum. I don’t know what I was thinking.”
Crawford said continued rehabilitation would determine whether he could safely reintegrate into society under parole supervision.
