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Man busted trying to get into Taylor Swift’s Tribeca apartment building

A Nebraska man who has apparently been pining for Taylor Swift for years was busted Friday trying to get into the singer’s TriBeCa apartment building, The Post has learned.

Patrick Nissen, 28, of Lincoln was arrested inside the vestibule of the Manhattan building after a security guard reported the man trespassing around 7:55 a.m., according to police sources.

NYPD officers patrol an apartment building at 153 Franklin Street in Manhattan after arresting a trespasser.
NYPD officers patrol an apartment building in Manhattan after arresting a trespasser.William Farrington

Nissen was charged with second-degree criminal trespassing, sources said.

A Twitter account of Nissen’s, which has been inactive for the past six years, professed his undying love for the “I Knew You Were Trouble’’ singer.

Taylor Swift at the 2019 American Music Awards in Los Angeles California on November 24, 2019.
Taylor Swift at the 2019 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, on November 24, 2019.REUTERS
“Now searching for the love of my life. Taylor swift[siq] is one of those people I feel like I could connect with and fall in love with. Ready to conquer Death. LOVE,’’ Nissen’s profile reads.
A security guard reportedly witnessed Patrick Nissen attempting to trespass into Taylor Swift’s apartment building.
A security guard reportedly witnessed Patrick Nissen attempting to trespass into Taylor Swift’s apartment building.William Farrington
He added in a February 2015 tweet, “Trying to be faithful after all I’ve been through I love @taylorswift13 she needs to come get me. I’m breaking down and freaking out.’’

Two years earlier, Nissen urged people on the site to vote for Swift as their favorite singer, adding, “Taylor Swift … hoping that we meet in a coffee shop.”

Minutes before Nissen allegedly got into Swift’s building Friday, he had been “sitting down, just wobbling his head, and started yelling at himself,” an onlooker told The Post.
 
The witness and two others said Nissen looked dazed when he walked into the vestibule.
 
“I think he just saw someone walk out, and he walked in,” one of the witnesses said. “He was just like wandering oddly.”
 
The first witness added, “Six cops showed up, pulled him out.”