73-Year-Old Cape Coral Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Threatening to Kill ICE Officers

Fort Myers, Florida - Joseph Rocco Giancola (73, Cape Coral) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kyle Dudek to six months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for making interstate communications of threats to injure. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.

Giancola pleaded guilty on March 26, 2026.

According to court records, on August 6, 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) identified true threats to injure ICE agents posted on the social media platform BlueSky by user @caindelonbsky.social. Additional investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents identified the user as Joseph Rocco Giancola who posted numerous threats between May and July 2025, including "Just shoot ice to kill", "Get your guns and kill the ice nazis", "They come near me and I shoot to kill", "Band together in neighborhoods, arm the band, and kill these gestapo fucks. A few massacres and they will stop coming"; "Shoot the ICE Nazis down like the rabid dogs they are"; "Let there be blood - MAGA blood and lots of it… We should be shooting down ICE Proud Boys like the rabid dogs they are"; and "I'll shoot to kill", among others.

HSI subsequently executed a federal court authorized search warrant on Giancola at his Cape Coral residence on October 30, 2025, where they encountered him in his bedroom with an unlocked computer displaying the @caindelonbsky.social BlueSky account on the screen.

At the sentencing hearing, the Court held Giancola accountable for making more than two true threats against official victims on account of the victim's employment status.

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, with the assistance of the Cape Coral Police Department, the Lee County Sheriff's Office and the Hendry County Sheriff's Office. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Matthew Redavid.