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Death threats made against Cuomo

ALBANY — A disgruntled, 45-year-old Long Island businessman was being held on a staggering $500 million bail yesterday for allegedly threatening to shoot Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on the Long Island Expressway.

Jack Geoghan, of Bayport, was arraigned in Suffolk County on charges of making a terrorist threat and aggravated harassment after calling the Attorney General’s Office with this warning:

“If that f- – -er Andrew Cuomo is on the Long Island Expressway and his head is blown off with a 30.06 [a high-powered rifle bullet] you’ll know who did it,” according to an official in the AG’s office.

Geoghan also sent at least one e-mail to the attorney general’s Web site threatening to kill Cuomo, the official said.

Geoghan “was apparently upset over some of the actions [Cuomo’s] office has taken regarding cracking down on mortgage-related fraud,” according to the official.

Geoghan was arrested by Suffolk cops, and was ordered by Judge Patricia Filiberto held on what the official described as possibly an unprecedented $500 million bail.

The Suffolk DA had asked that he be held without bail, the official said.

Geoghan’s father, John, 77, said his son runs a real-estate appraisal business and had been upset about Cuomo’s attempts to regulate appraisers.

But the dad believes the judge overreacted.

“God, if he shot the president he wouldn’t get that much,” the elder Geoghan said.

“He’s your average guy he’s got a good education and is as smart as a whip,” the father said. “As a son, he’s been terrific.”

Jack Geoghan, who has a 9-year-old daughter and an autistic, 6-year-old son, is trying to repair a troubled marriage and is a recovering alcoholic, according to his father.

John insisted that “it’s ludicrous” to call Jack a terrorist or to think he would shoot Cuomo.

“Guns and that stuff, that’s not his thing,” the father said. “Not even close. He doesn’t own a gun.”

Security around Cuomo, tightened last spring in the wake of an alleged death threat from the North American Man/Boy Love Association, will be increased further because of the latest incident, it was learned.

Assistant DA Emily Constant, who handled the arraignment, did not return calls seeking comment.

Additional reporting by Erin Calabrese

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