PRESS RELEASE
Evansville - United States Attorney Josh Minkler announced today that Kevin Kyle McCaffrey, 22, Hickman, Kentucky, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young for two counts of mailing threatening communications and one count of conveying false and misleading information. The case was the result of an investigation by the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Evansville Police Department.
On May 8, 2017, at the time of his guilty plea, McCaffrey affirmed to the court that he mailed threatening communications to the postmaster of an Evansville, Indiana, post office facility located at 600 Cross Valley Circle.
McCaffrey admitted that on or about May 17, 2016, he prepared and mailed an envelope addressed to the “United States Postmaster United States Postal Service Evansville, INDIANA 47711", containing a letter stating “I wish death to all infidels!" The envelope also contained a simulated explosive device that McCaffrey admitted making, using wires and the parts of an e-cigarette.
McCaffrey admitted sending a second letter addressed to the “United States Postmaster United States Postal Service Evansville, INDIANA 47711," containing the statement “If you continue to investigate my case and if you bring my case before the district attorney you and your family will not be safe."
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd S. Shellenbarger, who prosecuted the case for the government, Judge Young also ordered McCaffrey to serve a period of 3 years of supervised released following his release from imprisonment. During his supervision, McCaffrey must submit to drug testing and participate in a substance abuse treatment program.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
