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HULL WOMAN SENTENCED FOR SENDING THREATENING LETTERS AND
FLAMMABLE MATERIAL THROUGH THE U.S. MAIL

Boston, MA... A Hull woman was sentenced today in federal court for mailing threatening communications in connection with her having mailed threatening letters and flammable material to seven different persons or entities, including two media outlets.

United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Sharon E. Ormsby, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that KIMBERLY LYNN DASILVA, age 49, of 3 Berkley Road, Hull, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge George A. O'Toole, to five years of supervised release with conditions. Those conditions include: staying away from and no contact with the victims, receiving mental health counseling and treatment, performing 100 hours of community service for each of the five years of supervised release, and refraining from alcohol. On May 31, 2006, DASILVA pleaded guilty to a two-count Information charging her with a violation of mailing threatening communications, and a violation of injurious articles as non-mailable.

At the earlier plea hearing the prosecutor told the Court that, had the case proceeded to trial, the evidence would have proven that the DASILVA mailed six similar-type packages to different persons or entities. Each package contained two condoms with a granular substance in one and what appeared to be a flammable liquid in the other. One of the six packages was intercepted prior to reaching its intended target. Additionally, DASILVA sent through the mail sexually explicit, harassing and threatening letters to two individuals (one of the two was also a victim recipient of one of the packages containing a flammable liquid).

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Suzanne Sullivan in Sullivan's Major Crimes Unit.

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