NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A 32-year-old anti-vegan “incel” from Brooklyn was arrested Tuesday after making threats to shoot or stab people at an upstate New York fruit festival, federal authorities said.
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William Swift, who identifies as “involuntary celibate,” allegedly made threats in e-mails and audio recordings to one of the organizers of the week-long Woodstock Fruit Festival. In one message he said, “The ideal thing would be to go up to Woodstock to shoot up...the Jewish meet up. That would be ideal,” court documents show.
Swift was arrested Tuesday morning by federal authorities and was scheduled to appear in Brooklyn federal court later in the day.
The yearly health and wellness event in Diamond Point is set to take place Aug. 21 to Aug. 28. Authorities said Swift had been making threats since February, targeting an organizer with outrageous demands and even invoking serial killer Ted Bundy.
“I’m sorry to say this but I can’t stop fantasizing about doing very, very, very bad things to you, I don’t have a plan I just fantasize about doing very, very bad things to you….,” Swift allegedly said in one audio recording.
Back in May, Swift also allegedly threatened to kill someone associated with the event if he ran into him in New York City.
“[H]ey piece of s–t b–ch, I want to make something clear, WFF is over. [John Doe-1’s] retreats are over whether you like it or not. [I]f I see you, you will regret coming to NYC, and you will feel my pain,” an email from Swift read.
Swift was also arrested in July after telling a friend that he fantasized about shooting up Washington Square Park.
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