Investigators used 'glitter bomb' to track down Beverly hoax mailer

BOSTON — A Beverly man accused of sending hoax threats to several prominent people around the U.S. was arrested Thursday and police say a glitter bomb led investigators to identify the man.

Five letters containing threats and a white powder – later determined to be harmless – were mailed to victims, including Donald Trump Jr. in New York.

Each incident triggered a HazMat response and sent Trump Jr.’s wife to the hospital to be checked out.

When U.S. Postal Inspectors began examining the letters, they found each bore similar characteristics.

But the text of one was matched to the text of a glitter bomb that had also been sent to one of the five victims.

Professor Michele Dauber of Stanford University had tweeted a photo of the glitter bomb and its letter. Glitter bombs are envelopes stuffed with glitter designed to annoy the receiver as a prank.

The glitter bomb was apparently sent through a company called ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com.

Investigators noted the text of the glitter bomb tweeted by Professor Glauber matched the text of one of the white powder-filled letters sent to Glauber.

“Since you are going to disrobe Persky, I am going to treat you like “Emily Doe”. Let’s see what kind of sentencing I get for being a rich white male,” both letters read.

The text refers to the case of Stanford student Brock Turner, who was convicted of raping another student. However, Turner was only sentenced to six months in jail by Judge Aaron Persky though the prosecution recommended six years.

Professor Dauber represented “Emily Doe” – the assault victim – in the case.

Investigators say the company behind the glitter bomb turned over records indicating it had been sent by Frisiello.

According to the owner, Frisiello had attempted to have glitter bombs sent to several members of Trump’s family in addition to the letter to Glauber. Although, the owners said those requests were not fulfilled due to threatening or inappropriate messages.

Investigators say they also found a Facebook account apparently linked to Frisiello had posted news stories about the victims of the hoax letters.

Evidence allegedly found in Frisiello’s trash is what ultimately linked him to the letters as investigators say they found papers with information about at least one of the victims. One piece of paper had portions of it cutout along a table that included Deborah Stabenow’s address and a deprecating description of her.

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