An Oregon man, Domagoj Patkovic, 31, has been arrested on federal charges for allegedly targeting Jewish hospitals and care centers in New York City and Long Island with fake bomb threats. The charges include multiple counts of conspiring to make threats concerning explosives, transmitting threatening communications, and conveying false information concerning explosives.
According to prosecutors, Patkovic made at least six violent and threatening phone calls between May and September of 2021, claiming to have planted bombs at these facilities in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and Long Island. The calls also included the use of anti-Semitic slurs. Patkovic allegedly livestreamed these threatening calls on the online social media platform Discord.
