A Massachusetts man was arrested on Thursday after a letter with white powder was sent to Donald Trump Jr.’s New York City apartment early last month, federal authorities said.
Daniel Frisiello, of Beverly, was taken into custody just before 8 a.m. while he was heading to work, federal authorities said. Frisiello is expected to appear in federal court in Worcester later in the day. Authorities were able to track down the Massachusetts man by tracking the sender of a “glitter bomb” letter threat to Stanford University law professor Michele Dauber. Investigators matched the text font in the “glitter bomb” threat to those seen on the letters of the white-powder envelopes.
Professor Dauber’s Mailbag: this is an apparent rape threat/glitter bomb. Creative. @palumboliu pic.twitter.com/hJMvYkhSka
— Michele Dauber (@mldauber) February 6, 2018
“These kinds of hoaxes may not cause physical harm, but they scare the heck out of people,” said Andrew Lelling, U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts.
Frisiello is accused of sending a total of five letters filled with white powder. Authorities said he sent them to Trump Jr. and Dauber, as well as the office of Sen. Debbie Stabenow, of Michigan; Nicola Hanna, the interim U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California; and actor Antonio Sabato Jr., who is running for a U.S. House seat in California as a Republican.
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