by Alex Lloyd Gross
According to federal authorities Stephen M. Cilurso, 73, of Aldan, Pennsylvania, entered a guilty plea this week on charges that he stalked a person and for a period of 2019 until earlier this year, he mailed letters containing threats and homophobic slurs to someone, US Attorney David Metcalf said.
On March 3 2026 federal agents visited him and told him sending any more communications to the victims. Cilurso admitted to agents that he did in fact send threats through the US Mail.
Following that encounter with agents, the defendant sent Victim 1 four additional letters, in which he provided his true name and repeatedly stated that Victim 1 should discontinue any involvement in the criminal investigation and that the defendant’s life was in Victim 1’s hands.
On March 17, 2026, the defendant was told by law enforcement agents not to contact Victim 1 again. Despite being expressly told to discontinue contacting Victim 1, the defendant then sent Victim 1 two more letters. In one, the defendant wrote, “I will not go back to jail.” He further threatened to kill himself, adding “drop the charges against me” and “let me live.” In the second letter, the defendant stated, “I do not ever want to go back to prison … don’t let the FBI put me back there.”
November 17 is his sentencing date. He faces up to eight years in federal prison. It was not released how the two know each other.