One such missive to the organizers of New York City’s 2021 Pride March promised “radio-contolled devices placed at numerous strategic places” that would explode, making the 2016 nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., “look like a cakewalk,” according to the criminal complaint. Law enforcement block off a street outside Pulse Orlando after a shooting involving multiple fatalities at the nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. EbenhackĪnother communication this year to the organizer of a Pride event in East Meadow, LI, told the man he was “being watched. “No matter how long it takes, you will be taken out…. Other targets of Fehring’s threats included the CEO of an LGBT group based in Sag Harbor in Suffolk County, LI, and a queer barbershop in Brooklyn, according to prosecutors. Robert Fehring was arrested after threatening New York City’s Pride parade. The letter to the barbershop - which prosecutors said had recently received television coverage - called the business “the perfect target for a bombing and/or graffiti and/or a shattered window front. “Thanks to News 12, we now know who you are, and where you are,” the missive said.įehring of Bayport was arrested on Monday after a Nov. 18 raid of his home by the FBI and state authorities. House of Yes, a Brooklyn dance club, held a pop-up street party on Jin Herald Square, New York City when the Gay Pride march was canceled because of COVID-19.
