Queens DA Staffer Arrested for Bomb Plot Against Migrant Shelter

Derek Klever, frustrated by noise, allegedly planned to use homemade explosives and a drone to target the Elmhurst shelter.

Derek Klever, a 27-year-old paralegal at the Queens District Attorney's office, has been charged with making a terroristic threat and other counts.
Klever allegedly planned to combine fireworks with nails, gasoline, and other materials to create rudimentary explosives.
Police recovered bomb-making materials, including disassembled fireworks and long nail cartridges wrapped in foil, from Klever's apartment.
Klever's motivation stemmed from frustration with noise at the Kamway Lodge, a temporary shelter for migrants across from his apartment.
Murad Awawdeh, president of the New York Immigration Coalition, condemned the incident, linking it to anti-immigrant rhetoric by some city leaders.