A mad-as-a-hatter Manhattan man was arrested for threatening to blow up Central Park’s Alice in Wonderland statue with a pipe bomb, according to cops and sources.
Would-be bomber Kevin Fallon, 30, went down the rabbit hole April 9, when he allegedly sent a text to friends and family announcing his intention to blow up the 1959 bronze statue depicting the Lewis Carroll tale’s famously fraught tea party, court documents show.
On Saturday, he allegedly sent loved ones — including an ex-girlfriend and his father — photos of a pipe bomb and rifle ammunition along with a chilling threat to “look both ways before you cross the street. This is going to hurt. None of you are safe. I am lethal,” according to court documents.
Another missive included a photo of an apparent pipe bomb with a wristwatch attached to it, and said “the alarm clock bomb is for real. When I give it to him it will be filled with powder and ready to detonate,” according to court records, which identify “him” only as one of the people he was texting with.
The NYPD conducted a wellness check on his Upper West Side apartment at his mom’s request on Saturday, finding “three pipe bombs,” rifle ammunition, and multiple knives that had been “taped together,” sources and court documents said.
Both the NYPD Emergency Services Unit and the Bomb Squad were called in and found that the bombs weren’t functional, sources said.
Later that day, Fallon was tracked to a hotel in the Theater District, where he was taken into custody by the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, sources said.
He was arraigned Monday and his charges include making a terroristic threat and criminal possession of a weapon, according to court documents.
Fallon is being held on Rikers Island with a bail of $50,000. His next court date will be on July 13, public records show.