Nicholas M. Scarano, 23, of Montclair, was arrested on Friday, Aug. 15, one day after the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit was notified of a mass email containing bias and threatening language, Prosecutor Mark Musella said Saturday.
The email had been sent to 411 residents at the Atrium Palace condominium complex during the overnight hours, Musella said. Detectives found that two messages, “each containing explicit language targeting Jewish and African American people,” were sent by an unknown user who unlawfully accessed the building’s online management and communication system.
Detectives traced the online activity to an internet connection belonging to Scarano in Montclair, according to Musella. A court-authorized search warrant was executed at his home on Aug. 15, and investigators determined that Scarano used two devices to access the system and send the threatening messages, authorities said…