Man Sent Threatening Letter To Paramus Cop: Prosecutor

PARAMUS, NJ — A Bergen County man was charged with making terroristic threats and harassment after he allegedly sent homophobic and threatening messages to police officers in three Bergen County towns, including Paramus, and two anti-Semitic letters to local businesses.

Nikolay Levinson, 34, of Palisades Park was arrested Tuesday, about two weeks after the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office received information that three police officers from Paramus, Fair Lawn and Garfield received harassing and threatening letters, said Gurbir S. Grewal, Bergen County prosecutor.

During that same time frame, several local businesses received letters containing racial, homophobic and threatening messages, Grewal said. Businesses and Englewood and Allendale also received letters containing anti-Semitic and racist remarks while the prosecutor's office was investigating the first letters, he said.

Levinson was arrested Tuesday in Palisades Park, Grewal said. He was charged with two counts of terroristic threats, three counts of bias intimidation and four counts of harassment, the prosecutor said.

Levinson is being held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing Monday.

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Photo: Nikolay Levinson, 34, of Palisades Park/Courtesy of Bergen County Prosecutor's Office