Boston Man Accused of Threatening FBI Agent

BOSTON – A Boston man was arrested Thursday and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with making threats to a FBI Task Force Officer, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Carmen J. Polito, 35, was charged in a criminal complaint with knowingly transmitting in interstate communications containing a threat to kidnap or injure an FBI Task Force Officer in Miami, Florida.

At his initial appearance today, U.S. District Court in Boston, Magistrate Judge M. Page Kelley ordered a competency evaluation.

According to court documents, on May 3, 2017, Polito, an individual known to the FBI Miami Division, allegedly left threatening voice mails and sent threatening text messages to an FBI Task Force Officer assigned to the Miami Field Division.

In those voice messages, Polito allegedly threatened to stab the officer and made statements such as, “an officer is going to die.”

Polito also allegedly sent threatening texts with accompanying photographs including, various weapons, Boston City Hall, and police vehicles.

Federal agents were able to locate Polito by tracking the location of the cell phone used to place the calls and send the texts.

On May 3, 2017, Polito was located in Brookline and arrested.

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