Woman charged with threatening public officials through e-mail

WHEATON, Ill. -- An Addison woman, allegedly upset over plans to expand O'Hare International Airport, has been charged with threatening a public official in an e-mail sent earlier this month, DuPage County prosecutors announced Monday.

Donna Kasprzak, 27, is alleged to have sent threatening e-mails to Gov. George Ryan and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley on March 5 from a computer at her workplace in Lombard.

In the e-mail, Kasprzak is alleged to have threatened to kill Ryan and Daley, as well as President Bush, U.S. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and several others.

"This e-mail was not just a brief comment of anger shared with a public official, but a lengthy message containing a multitude of threats to injure or take the lives of numerous people, including President Bush," State's Attorney Joseph Birkett said.