Man Sentenced For Threatening To Murder, Assault Federal Officers At VA Hospital

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — A New Jersey man, who previously served time after being accused of stalking Donald Trump, was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison for threatening to "shoot up," murder, and assault several federal law enforcement officers, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Tuesday.

Frank Monte, 51, of New Jersey, was previously convicted on March 8 by a federal jury following a one-week trial of three counts of threatening a federal law enforcement officer, and of two counts of transmitting threats in interstate commerce. Read More: NJ Man Threatened To 'Shoot Up', Assault Federal Officers: Jury

Vazquez imposed the sentence on Nov. 21 in Newark federal court. In addition to the prison term, Monte was sentenced to three years of supervised release.

The threats were outlined in documents filed in the case and the evidence at trial:

• On July 21, 2019, Monte repeatedly called the emergency line of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Police at the VA Lyons hospital campus. During one of those calls, Monte threatened to "shoot up" a VA Police officer.
• On Oct. 15, 2019, Monte called the office of a U.S. Congressman and spoke with a staff member. During that call, Monte threatened that if he ever saw a particular special agent of the U.S. Secret Service in New Jersey, Monte would assault him.
• On Oct. 18, 2019, Monte called a special agent of the U.S. Capitol Police. During that call, Monte once again threatened to assault the same special agent of the U.S. Secret Service.

Monte previously served three years in aggravated harassment after accusations that he placed more than 400 phone calls to Trump's office, according to NYDailyNews.com. He was released in 2017.

He also was accused of trying to repeatedly visit Trump and sent hundreds of emails beginning in July 2012, according to NJ.com.

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