Deer Park man charged with Home Depot threats

Originally published: November 8, 2012 12:37 PM
Updated: November 8, 2012 10:00 PM
By ROBERT E. KESSLER AND TANIA LOPEZ robert.kessler@newsday.com,tania.lopez@newsday.com

Photo credit: James Carbone | Home Depot store on New York Avenue where an explosive device was left inside of the store. (Oct. 17, 2012)

A Deer Park man who admitted in court to a plan to explode pipe bombs at three Long Island Home Depot stores as part of a $2 million extortion plot will remain in jail after a magistrate rejected his bail request Thursday to prepare his wife and son for an expected lengthy prison sentence.

Daniel Sheehan, 50, a part-time employee at the hardware chain's Deer Park store, was arrested Wednesday...

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