FAA employee from New Hampshire charged with threatening to kill President Trump
A Federal Aviation Administration employee from New Hampshire is facing charges for allegedly making threats to kill President Donald Trump.
Dean DelleChiaie, 35, of Nashua, was charged by criminal complaint in federal court Friday for interstate communication of a threat against the president, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Hampshire said. He was arrested Monday and was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday.
DelleChiaie, an FAA employee, allegedly conducted various internet searches on his government work computer in late January, including how to get a gun into a federal facility, prevoius 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,” according to prosecutors.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Secret Service interviewed DelleChiaie in early February, and he admitted to conducting those searches on his work computer and to owning three firearms, including a handgun he kept inside a safe in his home.
On April 21, DelleChiaie allegedly used his personal email to transmit a threat across state lines to the White House’s public facing email address, prosecutors said. In the email, which had the subject line “Contact the President,” he wrote, “I, Dean DelleChiaie, am going to 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.”
If convicted, DelleChiaie faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Secret Service is heading up the investigation, with assistance from Nashua police. The U.S. Attorney’s Office is prosecuting the case.
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