Man Accused Of Stalking Family Of Slain Unitedhealthcare Ceo Put On Leave From Job

A New York State Department of Health worker who was charged pinch stalking and harassing family members of nan slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been put connected time off from his job.

Shane Daley, 40, was arrested past week and accused of "sending harassing and threatening voicemail messages to a family member" of Thompson, according to authorities.

His employer said successful a connection connected Tuesday that Daley was placed connected administrative leave.

"This alleged behaviour successful nary measurement reflects nan Department’s values aliases mission," a spokesperson for nan section said. "We condemn dislike speech, harassment of victims of a senseless crime and immoderate threats of violence."

Daley's attorney, Samuel Breslin, said successful an email that his client's "rights, including nan presumption of innocence, are preserved arsenic we proceed to reappraisal nan facts and evidence."

Daley is from Galway, New York, astir 35 miles northwest of Albany. He was hired astatine nan state's Department of Health successful January of past year, according nan agency's spokesperson.

Authorities said that Daley made threatening telephone calls to Thompson's family members from Dec. 4 to Dec. 7 successful nan hours conscionable aft nan precocious CEO was gunned down connected nan streets of midtown Manhattan.

"In a bid of voicemail messages, Daley utilized threatening and harassing connection that focused on, among different things, Thompson’s killing, expressed restitution complete nan truth and mode of his death, and stated that nan unfortunate and Thompson’s children deserved to meet nan aforesaid convulsive end,” prosecutors said successful a connection past week.

Daley was released from custody nether GPS monitoring, officials said past week. He is besides temporarily prohibited from obtaining firearms aliases consuming alcohol.

Thompson, 50, was fatally shot successful December by a masked gunman extracurricular nan New York Hilton edifice successful midtown Manhattan, hours earlier he was group to speak astatine UnitedHealth Group’s investor conference.

After a days-long manhunt for nan gunman, authorities arrested 27 twelvemonth aged Luigi Mangione and charged him pinch state and national charges successful relationship pinch Thompson's murder. Mangione pleaded not blameworthy to each of nan charges. He could look nan decease punishment if convicted of national charges.

Thompson's sidesplitting and Mangione's apprehension prompted a nationalist statement astir nan precocious costs of healthcare successful nan United States. A ineligible defense money for Mangione has surpassed $1.2 cardinal since he was arrested successful December.

On Tuesday, Mangione’s attorneys revenge a missive requesting an evidentiary proceeding to talk what they opportunity is prosecutorial misconduct connected nan portion of nan Manhattan District Attorney’s Office successful their pursuit of Mangione’s aesculapian records.

"This calculated deficiency of transparency is concerning, arsenic nan files that Aetna produced contained aesculapian diagnoses and statements made by Mr. Mangione to wellness attraction providers to person aesculapian attraction and treatment," 1 of Mangione's attorneys, Karen Agnifilo, wrote successful a missive to nan judge.

Mangione is scheduled to adjacent look successful authorities tribunal connected September 16.