Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the indictment of LUIS RAMIREZ, 23, for allegedly making terroristic threats to Central Synagogue and the Jewish community in Manhattan. RAMIREZ is charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with one count each of Making a Terroristic Threat as a Hate Crime, Making a Terroristic Threat and Aggravated Threat of Mass Harm. [1]

“Nobody should have to fear for their safety when they are in a house of worship, and the language allegedly used by this defendant is extremely disturbing,” said District Attorney Bragg. “My office will remain vigilant against any and all threats to the Jewish community, and I thank our prosecutors and law enforcement partners for their work on this matter.” 

According to court documents and statements made on the record in court, on February 13, 2025, RAMIREZ began publishing a series of posts on X, formerly Twitter, under his username @realramirezluis, regarding Jewish people. Among the posts, RAMIREZ mentioned he would be visiting New York City the following day to go to Shabbat at the Central Synagogue at 6:00 p.m. 

On February 14, 2025, at approximately 12:39 a.m., RAMIREZ allegedly threatened to kill Jewish people at Central Synagogue, writing, “The Jews killed me in my past life if you try to kill me again today in NYC when I pull up to Shabbat I will kill you first and condemn you to hell.” RAMIREZ also referred to himself as the reincarnation of Hitler, writing, “In past life, I went by the alias Adolf Hitler,” and posted that if Jewish people tried to kill him again he would “kill tenfold as many Jews as [he] did in WW2.”  

A few hours later, at approximately, 5:30 p.m., RAMIREZ was arrested by members of the Port Authority and New Jersey Police Departments, as he was driving towards Lincoln Tunnel into Manhattan.

Assistant D.A. David Stuart (Chief of the Counter Terrorism Unit) is handling the prosecution of this case, under the supervision of Judy Salwen (Principal Deputy Chief of the Rackets Bureau) and Executive Assistant D.A. Jodie Kane (Chief of the Investigation Division). Kevin Yorke (Director of Intelligence of the Investigations Bureau), Counter Terrorism Analysts Junita Garcia and Elena Christenfeld, as well as Director Steven Moran and Computer Forensics Analyst Laura Estevez of the High Technology Analysis Unit are providing invaluable assistance in this case.   

D.A. Bragg thanked the NYPD, particularly Detectives William Dean and John Chilelli of the Intelligence Division, and Port Authority Police Department police officer Stephen Corrigan and Detective John Fusco.     

Defendant Information:

LUIS RAMIREZ

Kearns, UT

Charged:

• Making a Terroristic Threat as a Hate Crime, a class C felony, one count
• Making a Terroristic Threat, a class D felony, one count
• Aggravated Threat of Mass Harm, a class A misdemeanor, one count

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[1] The charges contained in the indictment are merely allegations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. All factual recitations are derived from documents filed in court and statements made on the record in court.