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MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- The NYPD and FBI person 2 radical successful custody aft uncovering a menace to the Jewish community.
An urgent manhunt for Christopher Brown came to an extremity connected Saturday greeting aft an attentive MTA serviceman spotted him astatine Penn Station.
"This peculiar idiosyncratic was precise distinctive looking and that's what helped - large eyeball by the MTA police," said Robert Boyce.
Brown is from Aquebogue successful Suffolk County, and his family, who is cooperating with constabulary says they judge Brown was traveling to New York City to bargain a gun.
It was a concern, arsenic Brown has been connected the radar for spewing Anti-Semitic hatred connected societal media. One of them past week connected Twitter, wherever helium wrote 'going to inquire a clergyman if I should go a husband, oregon sprout up a synagogue and die.' One of his past messages indicated 'big moves being made connected Friday.'
Authority accidental different man, Matthew Mahrer, who was accompanying Brown connected Saturday greeting was besides arrested. A shade weapon was recovered during a hunt of Mahrer's New York City apartment.
The Jewish assemblage is already connected borderline aft 2 weeks ago, a New Jersey teen was arrested for making an online menace that sent constabulary scrambling to adhd other patrols astatine section synagogues and yeshivas.
While immoderate accidental they are delighted to perceive of the latest arrest, they are inactive staying vigilant and strong.
Police accidental Christopher Brown is present facing charges for making terroristic threats arsenic good arsenic possession of a weapon. Matthew Mahrer, truthful acold is conscionable facing 1 complaint of possession of a weapon.
MTA PD Chief John Mueller released a connection Saturday saying successful part,
"The tremendous constabulary enactment present reflects the MTA PD's halfway intent - protecting millions of regular commuters, successful collaboration with our local, authorities and national instrumentality enforcement partners."
Federal prosecutors are deciding whether further charges are warranted.
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