Denied a pilot’s license . . . Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, man charged with threatening to kill Obama

HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania grand jury has charged a Clarks Summit man with threatening to kill President Barack Obama.

Prosecutors say that Nicholas Savino, 42, of 328 Melrose Ave., allegedly sent a threatening e-mail to the White House on Aug. 16.

The e-mail allegedly said that Obama is the Anti-Christ and that he must stand down or be shot dead.

The charges stem from an investigation by the U.S. Secret Service and the Clarks Summit police.

According to Clarks Summit Police Chief Joe Laguzzi, his department received a phone call from the Federal Aviation Administration in Oklahoma, where Savino previously lived, Aug. 22, one day before President Barack Obama was scheduled to talk in Scranton, regarding threatening e-mails Savino sent to the White House and Federal Aviation Administration after he was denied a pilot’s license.

“They were really concerned that he was living in our town,” Laguzzi said.

Clarks Summit police learned that Savino was working as an engineer in Lackawanna County and the Scranton Secret Service took him into custody at his place of work Aug. 22.

On Aug. 23, the day Obama visited Scranton, local police seized ammunition and weapons at a home in Clarks Summit on behalf of the Secret Service.

Clarks Summit police and the Lackawanna County SWAT Team served a search warrant on the residence and seized “a very large amount of ammunition and weapons,” including an AR-15 military-style rifle and a long range scope, according to Laguzzi. He added they also seized several computers and anti-government literature.

According to Laguzzi, Savino’s landlord said his family has moved his possessions out of the the home, presumably back to New Jersey, and he is no longer living at that address.

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