➤ FEHRING, from p.4
any way we can, and we remain
committed to the safety and wellbeing
of the LGBTQIA+ community.”
Outside of New York City, Fehring
also appeared to fi xate on
LGBTQ-related events. Two years
ago, authorities say he targeted a
member of the Patchogue Chamber
of Commerce, writing, “If you
continue to plan to have the LGBT
thing at Alive and fi ve, be prepared
by having a large police presence,
and numerous ambulances available.”
Another letter in the complaint
was addressed to an unnamed
CEO of an “LGBTQ+-affi liated
non-profi t organization in Sag Harbor,
New York.” The LGBT Network,
led by CEO David Kilmnick, has a
location at 44 Union Street in Sag
Harbor — and in a written statement
to ABC7, Kilmnick acknowledged
receiving threats.
“Better be ready to meet your
end if you show up at Eisenhower
on Sunday,” the letter to Kilmnick
stated, referring to a Pride event
over the summer. “It’s a great place
to unload a high-powered rifl e bullet
from a distance, that can go
right through your gay face. You
were warned… play the price if you
want. They can call you a martyr.
We can call you… gone.”
Kilmnick told ABC7 that his
organization has been reporting
“these incidents” for six years.
“The threats made against the
LGBT community and myself by
this deranged individual are serious
and should be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law,” Kilmnick
said. “We are relieved that years
of fear, pain, and angst caused by
these letters may have come to a
close, however, this individual’s actions
reaffi rm the very real threats
faced by our community and the
work that still needs to be done. We
are hopeful that justice will fi nally
be served and a dangerous individual
is no longer free to terrorize
our community with extreme hate,
bias and violence.”
Fehring sometimes went to great
lengths to create detailed mailings.
Feds said an envelope postmarked
June 16 of this year was
delivered to that same CEO with a
fake Newsday newspaper showing
photos from that same event that
were allegedly taken by Fehring or
obtained by him. The newspaper
had a headline that read, “F** fest
bust!!” and “Only 350 unnatural
perverts, lesbos, and f****** show
up!” It also referred to Kilmnick by
replacing his name with a derogatory
term.
Fehring appeared to continue
his obsession with Kilmnick in a
subsequent letter on June 25 in
which he allegedly wrote, “We were
right there you fudge-packing,
scum-sucking, f****** animal…
FREAK!!! They couldn’t get a shot
off at you, slithering around the
back stage area like a snake. Too
many cops. Very disappointed. But
your time has come… They are out
to KILL you… and your boyfriend.
You are being watched. No matter
how long it takes, you will be
taken out…. high-powered bullet…
bomb… knife… whatever it takes.”
Several months later, Fehring
was back at it: On September 9, he
sent a letter to an LGBTQ-inclusive
barber shop in Brooklyn, according
to the feds.
“You unnatural, abnormal, deviant,
perverse scum… animals…
lower than the s*** at the bottom of
the pig pen,” stated the letter, which
also contained racial slurs. “Men
having oral and anal sex with each
other is as twisted and beyond
comprehension as it gets….”
That letter further referred to
News 12 coverage of the barber
shop, saying, “Thanks to News
12, we now know who you are,
and where you are. And your shop
is the perfect target for a bombing
and/or graffi ti and/or a shattered
window front… or beating the
scum that frequents your den of
shit into a bloody pool of steaming
fl esh.”
Authorities also found similar
homophobic letters sent to an unnamed
elected offi cial in Long Island
in June of this year.
Fehring admitted that he was
the author of certain letters and
the owner of shotguns found in
his home, according to prosecutors.
He told authorities that he felt
there was a “sickening overdose of
that stuff being shoved down everybody’s
face on the paper, on the
TV, and all over the place, and I’m
not a fan of any of the homosexuality,
homosexual thing.”
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