Dean DelleChiaie, a 35-year-old Federal Aviation Administration employee from Nashua, New Hampshire, was arrested Monday and charged with making an interstate threat against President Donald Trump after prosecutors said he sent an email to the White House stating he would “neutralize/kill” the president. He was expected to appear in federal court Tuesday.
A Federal Aviation Administration employee from Nashua, New Hampshire, was arrested Monday after federal prosecutors said he threatened President Donald Trump in an email sent to the White House.
According to a criminal complaint announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Hampshire, Dean DelleChiaie, 35, allegedly used a government work computer in late January to run online searches including how to bring a gun into a federal facility, prior assassination attempts against the president, the percentage of the population that wants the president dead, and the phrase “I am going to kill Donald John Trump.”
Prosecutors said the U.S. Secret Service interviewed DelleChiaie in early February about the online activity. They said he acknowledged conducting the searches and confirmed he owned three firearms.
Authorities allege that on April 21, DelleChiaie sent a message from his personal email account to the White House’s public email address with the subject line “Contact the President.” The message included the statement:
“I, Dean DelleChiaie, am going neutralize/kill you - Donald John Trump - because you decided to kill kids - and say that it was War - when in reality - it is terrorism. God knows your actions and where you belong.”
DelleChiaie is charged with interstate communication of a threat against the president. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
The arrest comes as federal authorities continue to investigate a separate security incident at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on April 25, when prosecutors said an armed man ran through a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton in an apparent attempt to reach the president. That suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, has been charged in federal court, and a grand jury has since returned additional charges tied to allegations that a Secret Service officer was struck by buckshot during the confrontation.
