An alleged stalker of Taylor Swift is arrested for the third time in five days for hanging around her house

Last Saturday, January 20, the New York police received a call around 1:00 p.m. local time.

In it, a citizen alerted the agents about the erratic behavior of a man in the Tribeca neighborhood, in Manhattan, right where the building that houses the apartment of the singer Taylor Swift (Pennsylvania, 34 years old) is located.

“I first saw him around one in the afternoon, he approached Taylor's door.

“I'm not sure if she knocked on the door or the bell,” the witness told

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Upon arrival, the agents spoke with the man and, after a few minutes, handcuffed him, without him showing any resistance.

The authorities indicated to the New York newspaper that there was an arrest warrant against him since 2017, which they did not specify.

But he did not stay detained.

The police found this same man again on Monday night near the artist's building.

He was arrested again, this time on multiple charges of stalking and harassment, police announced, and remained at the station until Tuesday.

It didn't take them 24 hours to arrest him again.

The last time was this Wednesday, January 24, after he was found rummaging through a dumpster across the street from Taylor Swift's $50 million apartment.

“I saw him rummaging through this dumpster, pulling out some blankets, and then he went and sat on the loading dock a few doors down [from Swift's apartment],” a witness recalled to

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The man's name is David Crowe, he is 33 years old and from Seattle.

“I just thought, 'Oh my God, I can't believe this guy's back!'

I just want to never see this person again.

I hope he gets the help he needs, but he has to leave our little street alone,” said the neighbor, who did not want to be identified.

Crowe has been hanging around the area since Christmas, according to this same source: "The first times we saw him he was sleeping on our stoop or the neighbor's stoop, constantly smoking, yelling and generally making everyone feel uncomfortable." .

Prosecutors revealed during the hearing after his second arrest that Crowe had staked out Swift's apartment 30 times in the past two months.

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Law enforcement sources explained that although officers detained Crowe on Saturday, they did not have a complainant submit a report or proof that he actually committed a crime, which led to his release.

When he was seen again around the singer's house on Monday night, he was instead charged with fourth-degree stalking, a misdemeanor, and two counts of harassment.

The charges were not eligible for bail, so prosecutors said they instead requested the highest possible level of supervised release at his arraignment Wednesday.

Even so, the New York newspaper claims that legal experts were surprised that the man was not charged with higher charges the second time he was arrested, which would have allowed the judge to keep him on bail.

“New York's felony stalking laws require showing repeat convictions or the use of a weapon against the victim, a very high bar,” a criminal defense attorney explained to the newspaper.

“Our law almost waits for a potentially deadly crime to be carried out rather than an effective 'harassment prevention' statute that would make Taylor and others much safer,” he added.

Assistant District Attorney Harriet Jiranek said Crowe, who has been described as an “emotionally disturbed” man, had attempted to visit the

singer's home on several occasions and was asking neighbors about her. whereabouts.

“He constantly says that he is there to see Taylor Swift,” Jiranek said, “he has told the neighbors and asked them where she is.”

According to neighbors' testimonies, he has even brought flowers.

The janitor has warned him to leave the building up to 10 times,

reports , but that did not stop him from trying to visit her 30 times between November 25 and January 22, according to the criminal complaint.

On several occasions, Crowe told a security guard for the artist that he was there to talk to her.

And each time, the guard told him to leave the building and area alone, according to the complaint.

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Crowe's attorney stated that her client currently attends school in Seattle and has a prior misdemeanor conviction.

He did not respond when asked why he is obsessed with the

singer after the court hearing.

He is scheduled to return to court on March 12 for his new charges.

Meanwhile, Taylor Swift was busy Sunday cheering on her boyfriend and Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce in their victory over the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park, New York.

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in 2019 about the terrifying nature of stalkers and said she carries military-grade bandages designed for gunshot or stab wounds.

“Websites and tabloids have taken it upon themselves to publish every home address I have ever had online,” she wrote.

“There are enough stalkers trying to get into your house that you start preparing yourself for bad things.”