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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed Oct 30, 2013, 01:02 PM Oct 2013

Man threatens to blow up social service office

HEMPSTEAD – Nassau County police report the arrest of a Levittown man on Tuesday for an incident that occurred at 9:00 am in Hempstead.

According to detectives, at 9:00 am, the Nassau County Department of Human Services received a phone call from Michael Barber, 62, of 22 Piper Lane. During the call, Barber, while speaking to a finance manager, demanded that more money be released from his Social Security check. After being told no check was due to him, Barber stated that he was going to “Blow up the building”.

At 11:10 am, Barber again called Human Services and spoke with a case manager. Barber again repeated his threats to “Blow up the building with C4 explosives” and suggested to the case manager that he leave the building.

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