NASHUA, N.H (WHDH) - A contractor for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from Nashua, New Hampshire was arrested and charged with threatening President Donald Trump.
Dean DelleChiaie, 35, appeared in federal court in Concord, New Hampshire Tuesday. Proseuctors said he conducted various internet searches on his government-issued work computer, including, “I am going to kill Donald John Trump,” “How to get a gun into a federal facility,” and “Previous assassination attempts against the president.”
According to the complaint, DelleChiaie was interviewed by Secret Service agents in February, where he admitted to conducting those searches on his work computer. DelleChiaie also told agents he later went to work and asked the IT Department to delete his search history.
The complaint goes onto say that DelleChiaie admitted to owning three firearms, including a handgun he kept inside a safe at his home.
He is accused of writing, “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.”
While DelleChiaie has no criminal record, prosecutors argued his is a danger to the community. In federal court Tuesday, Federal Prosecutor Mike Shannon said, “Assassins don’t necessarily have criminal records. This defendant went to a technical college…he’s a really smart guy…the White House Correspondents Dinner shooter was another smart guy.”
His defense attorney had no comment outside court.
DelleChiaie is being held without bail and is due back in court later this month. He is facing a maximum of five years behind bars and fines of up to $250,000.
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