Feds busted a Home Depot employee for allegedly threatening to bomb several of his chain’s stores in Long Island, if he wasn’t paid $2 million, authorities said today.
Daniel Sheehan was picked up last night is expected to make his initial appearance in a Central Islip courtroom this afternoon, according to federal prosecutors.
He allegedly mailed a threatening letter to a Home Depot in Huntington Station in mid-October, demanding $2 million or else he’d set off explosions on at three different stores on Black Friday — the retail world’s big day after Thanksgiving.
The bombs would each be filled with a pound of roofing nails, the defendant allegedly threatened.
Sheehan’s been charged with extortion and faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted.
The defendant allegedly planted a pipe bomb in the lighting section of the Huntington Station store, just to show he meant business. The bomb was found on Oct. 15 and detonated with no injuries.
In another letter on Oct. 22, Sheehan lowered his demand to $1 million, according to the federal criminal complaint.
He reiterated ransom demands in prepaid cell phone calls — which were traced and eventually led law enforcement officials to Sheehan, authorities said.