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Teen Threatens To Blow Up SI Apple Store
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Jen Carlson
Published Jan 14, 2010
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This week 17-year-old Jason Barry, who we can only imagine is a disgruntled PC user, has been busted after threatening to blow the Staten Island Apple Store to bits. The NY Post reports that he typed a letter and signed it with his friend's dad's name on Monday, leaving it in the store, and warning that he would bomb the shop with C4 on January 17th.
The letter said, in part, "I have threatened your store and all its employees with a bloody death... whoever the crew maybe working, or the innocent citizens that walk in... will be eliminated with the force of a 98lb bomb located with C4, strapped to my chest." He was arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat, according to the 122nd Precinct. According to NY1, Barry says he was just kidding.
Also, Staten Island has an Apple Store.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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