ST. LOUIS – A federal indictment against a Warrenton, Missouri, man was made public Thursday after he allegedly sent threatening messages to the St. Louis office of the NAACP.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Darryl Jaspering, 62, was indicted for sending threatening messages through the website contact page of the St. Louis NAACP, or National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
The indictment said Jaspering wrote a message “in which he used racially charged threats to physically harm the recipients of his message” and “attempted to intimidate and interfere with” NAACP employees “because of their race and color.”
Jaspering allegedly threatened to use a dangerous weapon in his message.
Jaspering has been charged for one count of transmitting threatening communications and one count of interference with federally protected activities. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, or both for the threatening message.
He additionally faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, or both for interferencing with federally protected activities.