Beverly man Daniel Frisiello charged with mailing white powder to Donald Trump Jr., four other public figures
Updated 12:56 PM; Posted 11:30 AM
By Dan Glaun
Daniel Frisiello, a 24-year-old Beverly man, has been charged with sending a letter containing white powder to Donald Trump Jr., President Donald Trump's eldest son. And, according to the criminal complaint issued by the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's Office, Trump's family were not Frisiello's only victims.
Frisiello was charged with five counts of mailing a threat to cause injury and five counts of making hoax threats involving biological or chemical weapons, after allegedly sending letters containing powder to five different addresses in the last month.
One letter sparked national news coverage after members of Trump's family opened it and were hospitalized as a precaution.
Three people in the apartment, including his wife Vanessa Trump, were taken to New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, the New York City Fire Department told NBC News. The powder in all five letters was found to be non-hazardous, according to the criminal complaint. ...
"You are an awful, awful person. I am surprised that your father lets you speak on TV," Frisiello allegedly wrote. "You make the family idiot, Eric, look smart. This is the reason why people hate you, so you are getting what you deserve. So shut the [expletive] UP!" ...
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