An employee of the New York State Health who was accused of harassing and harassing the family members of the murdered CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, was presented from his work.
Shane Daley, 40, was arrested last week and accused of “sending messages of harassment voice and threat to a family member” of Thompson, according to the authorities.
His employer said Tuesday in a statement that Daley was placed on administrative license.
“This supposed behavior in any way reflects the values or mission of the department,” said a spokesman for the department. “We condemn hate speech, the harassment of victims of a meaningless crime and any threat of violence.”
Daley’s lawyer, Samuel Breslin, said in an email that the “rights of his client, including the presumption of innocence, are preserved as we continue to review the facts and evidence.”
Daley is from Galway, New York, about 35 miles northwest of Albany. He was hired in the State Health Department in January 2024, according to the agency spokesman.
The authorities said Daley made threatening telephone calls to the members of the Thompson family from December 4 to December 7 in the hours just after the late CEO was shot dead in the streets of the center of Manhattan.
“In a series of voicemail messages, Daley used a threatening and stalker language that focused, among other things, the murder of Thompson, expressed his satisfaction for the fact and the form of his death, and declared that Thompson’s victim and children deserved to fulfill the same violent end,” prosecutors said in a statement last week.
Daley was released from custody under GPS monitoring, authorities said last week. It is also temporarily prohibited from obtaining firearms or consuming alcohol.
Thompson, 50, was a fatal shot in December by an armed man masked out of the Hilton hotel in New York at the Midtown Manhattan, hours before speaking at the Investor Conference of the United Group.
After a one -day gunboat, the authorities arrested Luigi Mangione, 27, and accused him of state and federal positions in relation to Thompson’s murder. Mangione declared himself innocent of all charges. He could face the death penalty if he is convicted of federal charges.
The murder of Thompson and the arrest of Mangione caused a national debate on the high costs of medical care in the United States. A legal defense fund for Mangione has exceeded $ 1.2 million since it was arrested in December.
On Tuesday, Mangione’s lawyers presented a letter requesting a probative hearing to discuss what they say is a prosecuting misconduct by the Manhattan district prosecutor’s office in their search for Mangione medical records.
“This lack of calculated transparency is worrisome, since the files produced by Aetna contained diagnoses and medical statements made by Mr. Mangione to medical care providers to receive medical care and treatment,” wrote one of Mangione’s lawyers, Karen Agnifilo, in a letter to the judge.
Mangione is scheduled to appear below at the State Court on September 16.
