Atlanta man pleads guilty to mailing threats to ESPN

An Atlanta man pleaded guilty this week to mailing threatening letters to ESPN. And this wasn’t the first time.

Evan P. Chaggaris, 42, waived his right to indictment with the guilty plea Wednesday, according to David B. Fein, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

Between September 2011 and June 2012, Chaggaris mailed approximately 24 handwritten letters to ESPN, according to court documents and court testimony. The letters contained threats to injure or kill certain ESPN personalities, Fein said.

Chaggaris was previously prosecuted in the District of Connecticut for the same offense, Fein said.

In 2004, Chaggaris mailed 31 threatening letters to ESPN in which he threatened to injure and kill ESPN personalities and made six threatening phone calls to one ESPN personality. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years of probation on May 8, 2006.

Chaggaris was arrested in September and released days later on bond, court records show. As part of the condition of his bond, Chaggaris was ordered to continue mental health treatments and forbidden to watch any sports commentary on television.