L.I. man busted at Penn Station with gun who threatened to shoot up NYC synagogue sentenced to 10 years

A Long Island antheral arrested successful Penn Station with a loaded weapon who threatened to sprout up a synagogue arsenic portion of a convulsive crippled against members of New York City’s Jewish assemblage was sentenced to 10 years successful situation connected Wednesday. 

The condemnation was handed down to Christopher Brown, 23, astatine a Manhattan Supreme Court hearing.

Brown pleaded guilty to transgression possession of a limb arsenic a transgression of coercion in September,

Between Nov. 12 and Nov. 18 successful 2022, the Aquebogue, L.I., man, who authorities accidental is mentally ill, spewed vile antisemitic remarks connected societal media successful enactment of Nazi ideology and accelerationism.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the accelerationism word has been adopted by achromatic supremacists to telephone for the dismantling of economical and governmental systems “through apocalyptic contention war.”

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Matthew Mahrer and Christopher Brown

Brown published comments nether his @VrilGod username connected Twitter like, “God wants maine to sprout up a synagogue and die,” “Gonna inquire a Priest if I should go a hubby oregon sprout up a synagogue and die,” and “This clip I’m truly gonna bash it,” according to tribunal documents.

In tribunal records, prosecutors said helium besides posted astir a tendency to emulate Brenton Tarrant, the wide murderer who killed 51 radical and injured dozens much successful an anti-Muslim onslaught successful 2019 that constituted New Zealand’s deadliest wide shooting.

Cyber specialists from the UJA Federation of New York’s Community Security Initiative, a Jewish nonprofit, tipped disconnected the NYPD aft coming crossed Brown’s threatening posts connected Nov. 18, the time of his arrest, prompting an interagency response.

That day, Brown paid his person Matthew Mahrer $650 to acquisition a loaded Glock 17 firearm illegally successful Pennsylvania and traveled with him to get it, according to prosecutors. When they got backmost to the city, MTA constabulary officers connected alert by section and national instrumentality enforcement spotted them astatine Penn Station, and they were arrested.

Inside Brown’s backpack constabulary recovered an armband with a swastika connected it, a ample hunting knife, and a skis mask.

Mahrer has pleaded not blameworthy to related charges successful a pending case. 

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams’ bureau successful February secured a 27-month condemnation of Jamil Hakime pursuing his condemnation for a conspiracy discourtesy tied to his merchantability of a weapon and 19 rounds of ammunition to Brown and Mahrer. 

“Today Christopher Brown was sentenced to a important situation word for arming himself with an amerciable firearm arsenic portion of his program to perpetrate an enactment of panic targeting Manhattan’s Jewish community,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said successful a connection Wednesday.  

“I cognize that the Jewish assemblage successful Manhattan is continuing to look rising antisemitism and convulsive threats, and I privation everyone to cognize that we are utilizing each instrumentality imaginable successful coordination with our instrumentality enforcement partners to support them safe.”