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Man Charged With Making Death Threats Against Bloomberg, Kelly
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John Del Signore
Published Dec 14, 2009
Modified Dec 14, 2009
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Since May, a Philadelphia man has used Manhattan payphones to make 10 calls to 911 threatening to kill Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Kelly, authorities tell NBCNewYork.com. Jeffrey Fisher, 48, is being held on $100,000 bail after his arraignment Saturday in Manhattan Criminal Court on 10 counts of making a terroristic threat. According to prosecutors, his calls included such threats as, "I'm gonna come and kill your Mayor," and "The Mayor's office, he's a target, we will kill him." During one of four calls in October, he allegedly asked the operator to "tell Commissioner Kelly he is dead," and during another call he threatened to "kill the mayor if he shows up to the marathon." (This proved to be an empty threat.)
During his last phone call, on December 10th, Fisher vowed to hurt Kelly's relatives "if he continues his 9/11 bullshit, his family is going to feel it." It's unclear what the "9/11 bullshit" is exactly, or how cops caught Fisher, or why a Philadelphia man is using Manhattan pay phones to threaten officials in NYC. (Sixth borough bitterness?) Fisher is being put under psychiatric evaluation and has another court date Thursday.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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