Anti-vegan NYC ‘incel’ threatened to shoot up upstate ‘fruit festival’: feds

A vegan-hating, self-described “incel” from Brooklyn made a sequence of dying threats towards an upstate fruit pageant – ranting about taking pictures up the “Jewish meet up” and telling an organizer he would “do a f–king Ted Bundy” to her, federal prosecutors alleged Tuesday.

William Swift, of Brownsville, was arrested Tuesday morning and charged in Brooklyn federal courtroom with menacing organizers and attendees of the Woodstock Fruit Pageant, together with in emails and audio recordings, starting in February of this yr, in line with a criticism towards him.

The messages included threats of orchestrating a mass taking pictures and stabbing individuals related to the pageant, a yearly well being and wellness occasion in Diamond Level scheduled for later this month, in line with the courtroom paperwork.

“The perfect factor can be to go as much as Woodstock to shoot up…the Jewish meet up. That will be excellent,” he allegedly stated in one of many disturbing missives.

William Swift
William Swift was charged with menacing organizers and attendees of the Woodstock Fruit Pageant.
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Swift allegedly made sinister threats towards an unnamed girl who helps set up the occasion, invoking serial killer Ted Bundy in an audio recording despatched to her, in line with the feds.

“I’m sorry to say this however I can’t cease fantasizing about doing very, very, very dangerous issues to you, I don’t have a plan I simply fantasize about doing very, very dangerous issues to you….,” the sicko allegedly stated on the recording.

He added that he fantasized about doing a “f–king Ted Bundy” to her except she shut down the pageant, which payments itself as “a celebration of well being, fruit-based weight-reduction plan and private development” and as “the world’s largest, all-inclusive, uncooked vegan well being retreat.”

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Swift’s messages included threats of a mass taking pictures and stabbing individuals related to the pageant.
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In Might, the nut job allegedly threatened to kill somebody related to the occasion if he ever noticed them in New York Metropolis.

“[H]ey piece of s–t b–ch, I wish to make one thing clear, WFF is over. [John
Doe-1’s] retreats are over whether or not you prefer it or not. [I]f I see you, you'll remorse coming to
NYC, and you'll really feel my ache,” he wrote in an e-mail, in line with the criticism.

On his Instagram web page, Swift railed towards veganism and fruitarianism after he apparently cut up from the approach to life, which promotes solely consuming uncooked greens and fruits.

“I swear to God, I hate vegans and uncooked vegans. I’m not a fruitarian anymore,” he wrote in a single emoji-filled publish.

In a memo searching for his detention filed Tuesday, federal prosecutors stated Swift is a self-described “incel,” who was arrested by the NYPD in July for telling a good friend that he fantasized about taking pictures up Washington Sq. Park. Incels are males who declare to be “involuntary celibate” and have lashed out with violence, often targetted at girls, in incidents throughout the nation.

Woodstock Fruit Festival 2019
The Woodstock Fruit Pageant payments itself as “the world’s largest, all-inclusive, uncooked vegan well being retreat.”
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In 2014, a self-described incel killed six individuals and injured 14 others in a misogynistic rampage in California.

Legal professional info for Swift was not instantly obtainable. Reps for the fruit pageant didn't instantly reply.

It was unclear if Swift has a connection to the occasion or its organizers.

The retreat hosts quite a lot of actions for adults, together with night camp fires, yoga and “mud events,” the place members lather themselves with sludge, in line with its web site.

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