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UPDATE: A Clifton man admitted that he sent Paterson’s first Muslim police chief threatening texts because of his race, religion and nationality, authorities said.
Stefan Keco, 29, told a Superior Court judge in Paterson on Monday that he sent the texts to Chief Ibrahim Baycora on Feb. 26 “with the purpose to terrorize him and in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes said.
Baycora had been sworn to the position only a few weeks before receiving the threats.
The threats “caused a disruption to the day-to-day operations of the police department,” Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. “He also made threats towards City Hall, causing the police department to institute security measures for both facilities.”