Overview
- Nathan White, 54, was indicted in Queens Supreme Court on charges that include making a terroristic threat as a hate crime, making a terroristic threat and aggravated harassment.
- Prosecutors say he posted explicit threats on X on Nov. 7 and 9 targeting Jewish and Israeli New Yorkers, NYPD officers and federal officials, and that the posts were later deleted.
- White was arrested at his Rosedale residence on Nov. 10 and was arraigned Monday; he is being held on $25,000 cash bail or $50,000 bond/partially secured bond.
- A criminal complaint states White confessed to writing the posts and then deleting them, and prosecutors provided direct quoted examples of the threats.
- Reporting notes a prior criminal history, including a 1987 sexual-assault conviction and later arrests, as officials emphasize ongoing concerns about anti-Jewish incidents in the city.