BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — A federal grand jury found a former Bridgeport resident guilty of mailing a threatening communication directed at the Yale University campus in 2022.

According to evidence and testimony, while Mandel Bidone was incarcerated in April 2022, he filed a civil complaint in federal court against “Yale New Haven Inc.” and other defendants, alleging that he had undergone an illegal clinical trial administered by Yale University and was seeking compensatory and punitive damages. Bidone’s case was dismissed in Oct. 2022.

Bidone, now 34, mailed another civil complaint in March 2023 for monetary damages and other relief. The complaint was handwritten, separated between eight envelopes, and contained many of the same allegations in the first complaint. In each envelope, a v

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