Gentle nazi shoots self by accidink

NEW YORK - A man who was arrested Sunday on charges of having a cache of weapons in his Brooklyn apartment has also been accused of spray-painting swastikas throughout a neighborhood in September, authorities said. Ivan Ivanov, 37, of Brooklyn Heights, allegedly painted the anti-Semitic markings on two synagogues, three private houses, two cars, and other areas.

In connection with the vandalism, Ivanov was charged with 23 counts of aggravated harassment and 23 counts of criminal mischief, the New York City Police Department said. Early Sunday, officers discovered the weapons cache that included eight pipe bombs, three firearms and a crossbow, police said. They said they were led to the discovery after Ivanov reported a gunshot wound to his finger.

Ivanov, the resident of the apartment, was arrested on charges of criminal possession of a weapon, unlawful wearing of a body vest and reporting a false incident, police said.

Ivanov initially claimed that someone had shot him in the finger, but investigators later determined that the gunshot wound was self-inflicted, police said.

Neighbors said Ivanov had lived in the apartment for several years.

"He seems like a really nice guy, a really gentle person," said James Robinson, 45, a resident of the same building as Ivanov, in Monday editions of the New York Times.

Yes -- very nice guy -- kept to himself -- very gentle person. I wonder if he'll even go to jail. I think the chances are low he'll spend much time in jail -- but, if he DOES go to jail, I'll bet he comes out a reformed person, don't you? I sure am glad our justice system knows how to deal with people like this.

UPDATE - CHECK OUT HIS ROOMATE

Police stumbled upon a bomb-making factory Sunday in the home of a Columbia professor who specializes in the spread of infectious disease - and are investigating whether he and his roommate have terror ties. (Hmmm anthrax boy?)

Cops evacuated the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood around the Remsen St. home of Michael Clatts, a medical anthropologist, after finding seven pipe bombs fitted with fuses in his flat, police sources said.