Hawzah News Agency (Connecticut, US) – In the 16-count indictment, Gary Joseph Gravelle, also known as Roland Prejean, has been charged with threatening to kill and injure people in Connecticut and beyond. Gravelle, a 51-year-old New Haven resident, claimed to be part of the white separatist organization American Knights of Anarchy, the indictment says.

The indictment alleges that on or about Sept. 4 of last year, Gravelle mailed an envelope to the Islamic Center of New London with a white, powdery substance, and a piece of paper reading "You Die" and "Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis, a category A agent."

At the time, mosque member Said Ali said after opening the envelope, he immediately called City of Groton police, who responded along with firefighters and the FBI.

The indictments say Gravelle conveyed false information about an explosive at the Fellowship House, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Continuum of Care and NAACP in New Haven; Abraham A. Ribicoff Federal Building in Hartford; Old Saybrook Center; First Bristol Federal Credit Union; Burlington International Airport in Vermont; Federal Detention Center SeaTac in Seattle; and a probation officer's house.

Gravelle made the alleged threats via email, phone and handwritten mail.

He was arrested Sept. 8, 2018, for violating the terms of his supervised release, having been sentenced in 2013 for sending "threatening communications," according to a news release from the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

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