Man Plots To Bomb Central Park's Alice In Wonderland Statue: DA

CENTRAL PARK, NY — An Upper West Side man was arrested last week after he sent texts threatening to blow up the Alice In Wonderland statue in Central Park with a pipe bomb, court records show.

Kevin Fallon, 30, was charged with "making a terroristic threat" after sending a group text last Thursday that he was going to blow up the bronze statue, which is found on the east side of the park near East 76th Street, court records show.

Fallon spent the next few days sending pictures of pipe bombs to a family member and his ex-girlfriend before police searched his apartment Saturday and found what looked like three pipe bombs and other weapons, records show.

"...Catch me if you can," Fallon wrote in a group text Saturday morning, with a photo of what appeared to be a pipe bomb and rifle ammunition. "Look both ways before you cross the street. This is going to hurt. None of you are safe. I am lethal."

Fallon also sent photos of the bombs over LinkedIn, saying in a message sent Friday at 1:33 a.m. "it's a replica alarm clock pipe bomb...that really works," according to the court records.

He sent another message about the "alarm clock bomb" around 12:30 p.m. Saturday saying "when I give it to him it will be filled with powder and ready to detonate."

Police eventually went to Fallon's Upper West Side apartment for a wellness check on Saturday afternoon and found what appeared to be three pipe bombs, rifle ammunition and "multiple knives taped together" in the apartment, according to police and court records.

The pipe bombs ended up being empty, police said.

Police arrested Fallon around 6 p.m. Saturday.

He was charged with falsely reporting an incident, making a terroristic threat and criminal possession of a weapon, records show. His bail was set at $50,000 cash, $300,000 partially secured bond and $50,000 credit card, the district attorney's office said.