Massachusetts Male Guilty Of Sending Threatening Emails To Philly Police Commissioner
by Alex Lloyd Gross
Sep 16 2021
Federal authorities charged Peter Fratus, 39, of West Dennis, MA, with sending threatening emails to Danielle Outlaw, on June 6 2020, which was about the time the riots involving Black lives Matter and Antifa were paralyzing the nation. In those emails, Fratus made racist , threatening statements and even asked about where she lived. He opted for a trial and was found guilty this week of transmitting threatening communications in interstate commerce.
He was surfing the internet and came upon the Philly Police website and got her email from there. It is a federal felony to send emails that threaten someone. After Fratus sent the emails, police and federal authorities conducted and investigation, which led to his arrest in August of 2020.
He will be sentenced at a later date.