An alleged internet troll who operated under the Twitter handle @jew_goldstein has been arrested by FBI agents for tweeting a flashing image to an epileptic.
The individual, who has been identified as John Rayne Rivello, 29, was detained at his home in Maryland and faces federal charges after sending the flashing image to a journalist who has written extensively about his experiences with the potentially deadly condition.
The message was sent on December 15 to Kurt Eichenwald, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and senior writer with Newsweek, who had a fit when he saw the tweet. Hours earlier, he had sparred with a host on Fox News over his hostile coverage of Donald Trump’s election campaign.
Rivello has been charged with criminal cyber stalking with the intent to kill or cause bodily harm and could face a 10-year sentence, the New York Times reported.
