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New Haven County resident Garrett Santillo, age 43, of Hamden, was arrested on Wednesday, July 6, on a federal criminal complaint charging him with mailing numerous threatening letters to individuals in Connecticut and elsewhere.
As alleged in court documents and statements made in court, between approximately March and June, Santillo mailed more than 100 letters containing threatening and hateful statements, including threats of violence, to journalists, judges, and other public officials and individuals in Connecticut and elsewhere, said the US Attorney's Office.
Several letters mailed by Santillo contained this language: “If you don’t obey what this letter says, along with others including people in Washington DC and everywhere and you. You all will be killed!!”
Santillo, who recently completed his latest prison term, was released on a $100,000 bond.
As noted in court documents, Santillo has been federally prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced for mailing threatening letters three prior times, and he completed his most recent term of federal supervision in August 2021, the US Attorney's Office said.
The charge of mailing a threatening communication carries a maximum term of imprisonment of five years. If the threatening communication is addressed to a federal judge or federal law enforcement officer, the maximum penalty is 10 years of imprisonment.
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