Neo-Nazi who live streamed fake bomb threats to Jewish hospitals in NYC and Long Island learns his fate
Domagoj Patkovic, 31, terrorized medical workers and patients during a months-long spree in 2021, calling in threats to Jewish health care facilities in Nassau County and across the Big Apple — falsely claiming he had planted C-4 explosives throughout their buildings.
Local police responded to the scene in several instances and conducted bomb sweeps.
3 Oregon neo-Nazi Domagoj Patkovic was sentenced to five years in prison for calling in fake bomb threats to Jewish hospitals on Long Island.
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3 Patkovic claimed that he planted C-4 explosives in the Jewish health care facilities.
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Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital was partially evacuated and placed on lockdown that September after his bomb hoax made under the alias 'Abrahimavich,' according to court documents.
Patkovic, of Portland, claimed to have hidden explosives in maintenance closets in the hospitals and vowed to blow the building up — all while live on Discord, a social media site popular for real-time voice chats, gaming communities, and increasingly, extremist content and fringe groups.
When a 911 operator called the number back, Patkovic — still in front of a live audience on Discord — doubled down on the threats and confirmed his identity. And in at least one case, even flipped the camera to reveal his face.
The neo-Nazi eventually confessed to participating in swatting and bomb threat calls with others, according to prosecutors — while also identifying himself making the 'Sieg Heil' Nazi salute over a man's unconscious body in a picture from an unrelated incident.
3 Domagoj Patkovic admitted to recording himself giving a Nazi salute over an unconscious man.
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He was arrested last August and hit with a 23-count indictment.
'[Patkovic] endangered patients and diverted precious law-enforcement resources to advance his hateful agenda against people of the Jewish faith,' said prosecutor Joseph Nocella Jr.
'His actions fed a rising tide of antisemitism in America.'
Patkovic pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy to issue bomb threats and conveying false information about explosives. No explosives were ever found in any of the hospitals.
He was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in federal prison.
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