Say it with me now: just because they work for the government, it does not mean that they are good people. Eric Adams is facing the most flack for the Turkish hospitality he’s allegedly received, but he’s far from the only (former) New York employee in trouble with the law. The New York Times has coverage:
An employee at the Queens district attorney’s office [Derek Klever] was accused on Thursday of threatening to detonate a device at a New York City migrant shelter after the police found explosive materials in his home, according to a complaint filed in Queens criminal court.
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Mr. Klever told the witness that he had been tinkering with the fireworks and that he was thinking of renting a drone he could use to drop an explosive, according to the complaint. Mr. Klever said that his intention was to maim, not kill, and that the migrants “should live in terror and fear every day,” the complaint said.
His plan was far more sinister than “tinkering with fireworks” leads on. The “tinkering” also included nail gun cartridges that were set to fire off in the explosion. The reason? His neighbors at a migrant shelter reportedly partied too hard, too early. I would imagine that headphones or moving would be easier, more practical responses to a nose complaint, but what do I know? I don’t work for the DA. Now, neither does he — the Queens DA’s office confirmed that an employee was arrested and terminated.
Parties don’t have curfews in the city that never sleeps. Want something different? Move to Connecticut. Klever will have to learn his lesson in prison if he’s convicted. You can learn it from this article. Now get back to work.
D.A. Employee Threatened to Blow Up Queens Migrant Shelter, Police Say [NYT]
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