Police arrest man
Stalker tries to break into Taylor Swift's apartment
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Taylor Swift has had to fend off numerous stalkers in the past. Now a man is trying to break into her apartment in New York again. The police arrest him. Neighbors claim that he has been staying near the building for a long time.
Superstar Taylor Swift is said to have been harassed by a stalker again. On Saturday, a man tried to break into her New York apartment. This was reported by several US media outlets.
A New York Police Department spokesperson told Page Six that officers received a call about a “disorderly person” on Franklin Street in the Tribeca neighborhood. Upon arrival, officers were informed “that the person had attempted to open a door to a building at the scene.” An eyewitness is also quoted: “I first saw him around 1 p.m. – he went to Taylor's door. I'm not sure if he knocked or rang the doorbell.”
Apparently the man had been seen in the neighborhood repeatedly for several weeks. A neighbor said he had been “lurking here for a month.” He was said to have been sleeping on the stairs and screaming, making the residents “all feel uncomfortable”. “When he arrived before Christmas, my husband asked what he was doing here and he said, 'I want to see Taylor,'” a neighbor claimed. “One time he even had flowers.”
Police are said to have remained inactive for a long time
The resident also said that they called the police “many times,” but the officers did nothing until the man actually tried to break into the building on Saturday. The officers handcuffed him and the man did not resist his arrest. “TMZ” reported that there was already an arrest warrant from 2017 against the suspect because he failed to comply with a court summons in Brooklyn.
It is not known where Taylor Swift was at the time of the crime. The singer has experience with pushy men. In 2019, someone tried to break into her Tribeca apartment. He was ultimately sentenced to four years in prison. Two years ago, a man was arrested for allegedly stalking Swift in “multiple states.”
