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(NewsNation) — A 40-year-old upstate New York antheral was arrested Wednesday connected national cyberstalking charges for allegedly sending threatening voicemail messages to a household subordinate of murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson successful the days pursuing his December killing.
Shane Daley of Galway was charged with cyberstalking aft authorities accidental helium made aggregate harassing calls betwixt Dec. 4 and 7, 2024, opening conscionable hours aft Thompson was gunned down successful Midtown Manhattan.
According to a criminal complaint, Daley placed respective calls to a enactment telephone enactment utilized by a Thompson household member, leaving voicemails that expressed restitution implicit Thompson's decease and said the unfortunate and Thompson's children "deserved to conscionable the aforesaid convulsive end."
"Daley, arsenic alleged, gleefully welcomed this calamity and did each that helium could to summation the Thompson family's symptom and suffering," said acting U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III of the Northern District of New York.
The cyberstalking complaint carries a maximum punishment of 5 years successful prison, a $250,000 good and up to 3 years of supervised release.
Thompson, 50, was fatally changeable extracurricular a Manhattan edifice successful December 2024 successful what authorities called a targeted attack. The sidesplitting sparked widespread attention and statement implicit the wellness security industry.
Daley is scheduled to beryllium arraigned Wednesday day earlier U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Stewart successful Albany. The FBI investigated the case.
