Beverly Man Pleads Guilty To Mailing Threatening Letters

BEVERLY, MA -- A 25-year-old Beverly man who sent threatening letters to the first family, a manager that fired a family member and police officers in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, agreed to plead guilty to federal charges Friday. Daniel Frisiello, 25, of Beverly, agreed to plead guilty to 13 counts of mailing a threat to injure the person of another and six counts of false information and hoaxes.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for Massachusetts did not say when Frisiello would be sentenced. The charge of mailing a threat to injure the person of another provides for a sentence of no greater than five years in prison, or 10 years in prison for threats addressed to a federal official, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. The charge of false information and hoaxes provides for a sentence of no greater than five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000.

Frisiello has been under house arrest since March 1, when he was charged with five counts of mailing a threat to injure and five counts of false information and hoaxes.

Investigators initially connected Frisiello to mailing five high-profile individuals around the country an envelope that contained suspicious white powder and a note indicating that the powder was dangerous or intended to cause harm. They later determined he had mailed a "glitter bomb" to a sixth person.

In addition to sending a white-powder letter to members of the First Family during the 2016 presidential campaign, Frisiello sent two letters in 2015 to the manager of a Massachusetts company thad fired one of his relatives, and five letters in 2016 and 2017 to members of law enforcement in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Frisiello was arrested March 1 on his way to work at Catholic Charities of Boston's childcare center in Peabody.

"My family and I are incredibly relieved to hear this news. No one should ever have to deal with this kind of sickening behavior," Donald Trump Jr. said in a Tweet after Frisiello was arrested.

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Patch file photo by the U.S. Attorney's Office of Massachusetts.

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