Stalker David Crowe was arrested again for the third time in less than a week trying to gain access to singer Taylor Swift’s house in New York City.
Crowe was apprehended just two hours after he was presented in court for stalking Taylor Swift.
On Wednesday, January 24, 2024, shortly after being released by a Manhattan judge, neighbors noticed Crowe was back in the neighborhood for the third time that week and they called police.
Witnesses say the 33-year-old stalker slowly made his way to Taylor Swift’s residence after being spotted rummaging through a dumpster across the street from the musician’s home at around 1:35 ppm.
“I just saw him digging through this dumpster, taking out some blankets and then he just went and sat down on the loading dock a few doors down [from Swift’s apartment],” a neighbor said Wednesday afternoon, adding they were terrified when they noticed the stalker again.
“My heart dropped. I just thought, ‘Oh my god, I can’t believe this guy is back! I just want to never see this person again. I hope he gets the help he needs but he needs to leave our little street alone,” the neighbor added.
Police are convinced that the stalker went straight to Taylor Swift’s house immediately after he was released by Manhattan Criminal Court.
When he was presented in court, prosecutors said that Crowe had staked out Swift’s apartment 30 times over the past two months.
Police sources said that even though cops took Crowe into custody, they didn’t have a complainant file a report or proof that he actually committed a crime — which led to his release.
Before the Wednesday arrest, the stalker had been caught twice in three days lurking outside Taylor Swift’s apartment.
Legal experts were surprised that Crowe wasn’t hit with higher charges the second time he was taken into custody, which would have allowed Judge Marisol Martinez Alonso to hold him on bail.
