A Time Warner cable employee in Queens was arrested today on a felony terrorism charge for posting a drunken Facebook rant in which he allegedly threatened to “blow” his supervisor’s head off with a machine gun, authorities said today.
“There is not a word in the dictionary that can express the rage that im in! I really really hate Fritz!” ranted Jason A. Steward, 29, about his supervisor, Fritz Guerrier. “I wish I had a machine gun to give them all the business.
“I will go to work and blow all them low budget [expletive ] heads off,” he added on his Sept. 13 post on Facebook.“Make u [Guerrier] suck the gun before I off U [expletive ].”
Steward, of Morris Heights in the Bronx, had an ongoing dispute involving overtime pay with Guerrier, and admitted to cops that he was “intoxicated and angry” when he wrote the threatening message, according to the Queens DA’s Office.
Police began to investigate the case when a coworker of Stewards’ reported the message to a Time Warner supervisor, who passed it on to cops.
“I would like to put everyone at ease and apologize once again,” Steward later told authorities. “I never intended to hurt anyone and words will not express how sorry and senseless my behavior was; I am deeply embarrassed for my stupid actions.”
Steward is charged with a felony charge for making a terroristic threat and two misdemeanor counts of aggravated harassment. He awaits arraignment in Queens Criminal Court today.
“If an individual posts a threat on a social networking site it will be treated seriously and investigated promptly to ensure that the verbal threat does not escalate into physical aggression or violence,” Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said. “Workplace violence is a serious issue and all threats or indications of potential violence will be dealt with appropriately by my office.”
Police found no weapons or contraband at his home.