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NEW YORK — A man accused of threatening to attack the LGBTQ+ community in New York City was arrested and faces charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
74-year-old Robert Fehring is accused of sending at least 60 threatening letters to members of the LGBTQ+ community and affiliated organizations over an eight-year period, CBS News reported. In those letters, prosecutors say Fehring threatened to assault, shoot, and bomb both individuals and organizations.
Prosecutors said one letter said there would be explosives at the 2021 New York City Pride March that would “make the 2016 Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting look like a cakewalk.” The 2016 shooting at Pulse was one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history, and targeted people at a gay nightclub.
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Fehring was released on a $100,000 bond, and placed on home detention with location monitoring, and he is not allowed to have guns or any contact with victims, ABC News reported.
Police said they found two loaded shotguns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, two stun guns, and an American-flag patterned machete during the search of his home, CNN reported.
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