Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Gov. Malloy, Judges Through Mail

A Florida man with a history of sending threatening communications pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to threatening judges, Gov. Dannel Malloy and others in Connecticut.

Garrett Santillo, 35, of Hollywood, Fla. was taken into custody in September of last year. He pleaded guilty to one count of mailing threatening communications, which carries a maximum term of 10 years in prison, said Tom Carson, spokesman for the U.S. District Attorney Connecticut office.

A federal judge received a threatening letter on July 15 that read, ““You (sic) home addresses in Conn. are public information and if you mask your identity by name or appearance, we can still track you to wherever you go and will kill you if you don’t follow what this letter instructs.”

The letter had no return address, but had been sent postmarked from Miami.

After that letter, about 14 other individuals received letters containing death threats.

Santillo is scheduled to be sentenced on May 27.