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2 arrested at New York’s Penn Station in probe of threat to Jewish community

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 05: A view of the entrance to Penn Station at Madison Square Garden on April 05, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images) (Roy Rochlin, 2022 Roy Rochlin)

Two men with access to weapons were arrested at New York City’s Penn Station early Saturday in connection with a probe of threats to the Jewish community, authorities said.

Searches of the suspects, their belongings, and a residence turned up a Glock semiautomatic handgun, a large hunting knife, and a swastika armband, two senior law enforcement sources said.

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The suspects were named by the New York Police Department as Christopher Brown, 21, of Aquebogue, New York, booked on suspicion of making a terrorist threat, aggravated harassment, and criminal possession of a weapon; and Matthew Mahrer, 22, of the city’s Upper West Side, booked on suspicion of criminal possession of a weapon.

Read more on NBC News here.


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