DeWitt, N.Y. — A DeWitt man has been charged with sending dozens of death threats on social media to Grammy-award winning R&B singer Mýa, according to federal court papers.
Marcus A. Fuller, 38, sent the threats in April to Mýa’s Instagram account, FBI agents said in an affidavit filed in federal court in Syracuse. He was indicted and charged last Thursday.
Police found a bolt-action rifle, four boxes of ammunition and two magazines in his home, according to his indictment.
Fuller told the singer he would kill her if she ever came to Syracuse and that he would shoot up one of her concerts, federal agents said.
Mýa Marie Harrison, known by her stage name Mýa, won a Grammy in 2002 for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for “Lady Marmalade,” a hit rendition made with Christina Aguilera, Pink and Lil’ Kim.
Fuller admitted to police that he sent the messages, prosecutors said in court papers. They said he told investigators that he created about 100 anonymous Instagram accounts, most made with seemingly random numbers and letters. He said he used some of them to send dozens of harassing and threatening messages to the singer, according to court papers.
The rifle found in Fuller’s home seemed to match a gun he posted in a photo on one of his fake accounts, federal agents said.
“Ya been woke up the monster. The monsta that will literally kill you,” the post’s description said, according to a screenshot filed in court documents.
Fuller is a house-flipper, he buys, remodels and sells homes, prosecutors said in court papers.
In 2019, he started an entertainment company in Jamesville, about a month before filing for his real estate business, according to Onondaga County records.
Police said Fuller used a virtual private network to mask his IP address, making it hard for them to locate the person behind the fake accounts.
Fuller was charged with four counts of interstate threatening communications. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
In June, U.S. Magistrate Judge Therese Wiley Dancks ordered Fuller jailed while his case is prosecuted. Federal prosecutors argued Fuller would present a danger to the public had he been released, citing the crimes he’s accused of and previous arrests for weapon possession and harassment charges.
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