CONCORD, NH — A federal employee from Nashua was arrested on Monday, accused of emailing President Donald Trump and threatening to kill him, according to U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan.
Dean DelleChiaie, 35, an employee with the Federal Aviation Administration, was charged with one felony count of interstate communication of a threat against the president. He is scheduled to be arraigned in U.S. District Court on Tuesday.
Creegan, in a statement, accused DelleChiaie of conducting Internet searches on his government computer in late January about how to get a gun into a federal facility, previous assassination attempts against the president, polling data on how many people in America want the president dead, and the phrase, “I am going to kill Donald John Trump.”
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“According to the complaint,” Creegan said, “the United States Secret Service interviewed DelleChiaie in early February, where he admitted to conducting those searches on his work computer and to owning three firearms, including a handgun he kept inside a safe at his home.”
About two and a half months later, DelleChiaie was accused of using his personal email account to transmit a threat to the White House’s public-facing email address. The subject of the April 21 email stated, “Contact the President,” investigators alleged. In the body copy, DelleChiaie was accused of writing, “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.”
DelleChiaie faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Creegan said the U.S. Secret Service was leading the investigation with “valuable assistance” being provided by Nashua police.
According to federal records on OpenPayrolls.com, DelleChiaie earned between $58,000 and $78,000 annually between 2015 and 2023 while working in mechanical engineering for the FAA.
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