FAA Contractor in New Hampshire Charged with Threatening to Kill Trump

A Federal Aviation Administration employee in New Hampshire faces federal charges for threatening to kill President Donald Trump, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Dean DelleChiaie, a 35-year-old mechanical engineering contractor from Nashua, was arrested Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Hampshire.

Late last month, DelleChiaie sent a death threat to the White House from his personal email account. In it, he identified himself and stated he planned to "neutralize" or "kill" the president, prosecutors said.

The email came roughly three months after DelleChiaie began using his government work computer for assassination-related research.

His searches covered how to smuggle a firearm into a federal facility, previous assassination attempts on Trump, statistics on how many people wanted him dead, and the phrase "I am going to kill Donald John Trump."

The United States Secret Service interviewed DelleChiaie in early February. He admitted to the searches on his government-issued computer and to owning three firearms, including a handgun in a safe at his home, the Justice Department said, citing a criminal complaint.

On April 21, DelleChiaie used his personal email to send a message titled "Contact the President" to the White House’s public email address. He accused Trump of committing "terrorism."

"I, Dean DelleChiaie, am going 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," the email stated, according to prosecutors.

A criminal complaint charged DelleChiaie in federal court last Friday with interstate communication of a threat against the president.

He is due in court Tuesday. Conviction carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The United States Secret Service leads the investigation, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Mike Shannon prosecuting.