LYNN — A Lynn man was sentenced on Oct. 24 in federal court in Boston for making threats to an elected official.
Justin David Gaglio, 51, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to two years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. On Sept. 9, Gaglio pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting interstate threats. He was charged in October 2024.
Beginning in or around January 2023, Gaglio began contacting the elected official via online submissions through the elected official’s website. Between January 2023 and September 2024, Gaglio submitted more than 80 separate messages to the elected official via the website — sometimes sending multiple messages within minutes of each other.
On or about Sept. 8, 2024, Gaglio submitted a contact request to the elected official’s website in which he threatened to violently murder the elected official and their family. Specifically, Gaglio said that the elected official’s entire family would “die a horrific death,” and that he was “contemplating going [to the elected official’s] home and butchering” the elected official’s family.
U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley and Ted. E. Docks, special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division, made the announcement. Valuable assistance was provided by the U.S. Capital Police, the U.S. Secret Service, the Massachusetts State Police and the Lynn and Salem Police Departments. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alathea E. Porter of the Criminal Division prosecuted the case.
