Missouri man who sent threats to NAACP faces time in federal prison

A Missouri man who sent a threatening message to the St. Louis office of the NAACP faces prison time on a pair of federal charges.

Darryl Jaspering, 62, of Warrenton, Mo., was indicted for one count of transmitting threatening communications and one count of interference with federally protected activities.

According to the indictment, Jaspering wrote a message on the NAACP’s contact page “in which he used racially charged threats to physically harm the recipients of his message.” Jaspering, the indictment says, “intimidated and interfered with and attempted to intimidate and interfere with” NAACP employees “because of their race and color” and threatened the use of a dangerous weapon.

Jaspering faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 or both prison and a fine for the charge of transmitting threatening communications.

Jaspering also faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 or both prison and a fine for the charge of interference with federally protected activities.