Man who issued hoax threats, including letter threatening to kill President Trump, sentenced

Gary Joseph Gravelle, who sent a threatening letter to kill a U.S. president, has been sentenced to more than nine years imprisonment plus three years of supervised release in connection with making multiple hoax threats as well as breaching the terms of an earlier supervised release, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.

Gravelle was sentenced in 2013 to a term of imprisonment and subsequent supervised release for having mailed threatening letters in 2010. 

"In September 2018, while he was on federal supervised release, Gravelle used the U.S. mail, e-mail and telephone to threaten to harm people and explode property in Connecticut, Vermont and Washington," according to the press release. "Certain letters that Gravelle mailed contained a white powdery substance and statements that the substance was Anthrax, a biological agent and toxin. Gravelle made threats to various mental health providers and facilities in New Haven, U.S. Probation Officers, a U.S. District Court Judge, an international airport in Vermont, a federal prison in Washington, occupants of a building in Old Saybrook, a credit union in Bristol, and organizations and religious centers in Connecticut.  He also sent a letter threatening to kill the President of the United States."

"On January 6, 2020, he pleaded guilty to five counts of maliciously conveying false information about an explosive, one count related to the sending of hoax Anthrax letters, and one count of making threats against the President. He also admitted that he failed to comply with conditions of his supervised release," the press release noted.