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New York Police Department said it responded to a 911 call on
Saturday that David Crowe, 33, was trying to open the door of a
building on a street in the Manhattan neighborhood of Tribeca
where Swift, 34, has an apartment. He was trying to open the
door of Swift's home and was reported to police by a member of
Swift's security team, ABC News reported, which police were
unable to confirm.
He was arrested on an outstanding warrant from 2017, police
said.
Police on Monday evening again found Crowe near the building
after receiving reports that he was harassing multiple people in
the street and acting "erratically." He did not attempt to enter
the building, but was asking people if they knew that Swift
lived there and had been scouring the neighborhood for several
weeks, the New York Post reported.
He was again arrested, this time on multiple charges of stalking
and harassment, police said, and remained in police custody on
Tuesday. Crowe could not be reached for comment, and it was
unclear whether he was represented by a lawyer.
Swift, who came out of the Nashville country music scene to
become one of the most successful performers in the United
States, has repeatedly been harassed by stalkers over the years.
A spokesperson for Swift did not immediately respond to
questions on Tuesday.
Swift wrote in an Elle magazine article in 2019 about the
frightening nature of stalkers, and said she carries around
army-grade bandage dressing designed for gunshot or stab wounds.
"Websites and tabloids have taken it upon themselves to post
every home address I've ever had online," she wrote. "You get
enough stalkers trying to break into your house and you kind of
start prepping for bad things."
(Reporting by Jonathan Allen in New York; Editing by Matthew
Lewis)
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