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1.The 37-year-old man, identified by NBC New York police sources as Marc Lamparello, is being considered an “emotionally disturbed person,” according to police. He was arrested with two gasoline cans, police said.
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He Is a New Jersey Resident & Told Police He Ran Out of Gas, but His Minivan Wasn’t on Empty, Police Say
Lamparello is “known to police,” Miller said at the press conference. “And we are looking into his background obviously, talking to a couple of other agencies.” According to the New York Post, Lamparello was previously arrested for public drunkenness and criminal trespass in New Jersey, but details about those cases, including when and where they occurred, were not immediately available.
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Marc Lamparello Attended Boston College, a Catholic School, & Was the Music Director at a New Jersey Catholic Church in Recent Years.
Marc Lamparello attended Boston College, a Catholic school run by the Jesuits. He also went to a Jesuit high school in New Jersey, Bergen Catholic High School, graduating in 2000.
Lamparello also has other ties to the Catholic Church. He was the music director at St. Joseph’s Church in East Rutherford, New Jersey, as recently as 2013, according to a church bulletin posted online. Bulletins from 2011 and 2012 show him listed in the same role. The church’s pastor could not immediately be reached for comment about Lamparello.
Lamparello is a frequent poster on the Reddit community “AmIUgly,” where users ask for their appearance to be rated. In recent years, Lamparello has replied to dozens of women with critiques. He has also left comments on the “GoneWild,” sections of the social media site, where anonymous women post nude photos of themselves.
He also wrote about struggling on a dating app, “Honestly, I’m getting murdered on Tinder. It’s a total self-esteem killer.
His Facebook page appears to be deleted and two Instagram accounts in his name do not have any photos uploaded to them.
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Lamparello Has Worked as an Adjunct Professor at Several Colleges, Including Seton Hall, Lehman College & Brooklyn College & Published a Book in 2016 “Reason and Counterpoint,”
Lamparello is also a Ph.D candidate at CUNY.
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Police Are Continuing to Investigate & Have Released Few Details About the Suspect’s Motive
“What we do know, is carrying two cans of gasoline and the equipment to light that through a public area and a place like St. Patrick’s Cathedral is something that presents a danger to the public and that’s why he is in custody,” Miller said. He said the suspect was “creating a hazard.”