Explosive devices were found outside an AT&T store in the Sault and a Verizon store in Cheboygan
John Douglas Allen, 76, of Whittermore, Mich. was sentenced to 75 months and supervised release of three years for attempting to damage or destroy a building used in interstate commerce.
On Sept. 15 2021, Allen left improvised explosive devices outside an AT&T store in the Sault and a Verizon store in Cheboygan. The pipe bombs contained shrapnel and notes demanding $5 million. Allen also pleaded guilty to putting letters threatening telecommunications providers at cell towers in the Upper Peninsula.
“Allen’s actions in placing pipe bombs in front of commercial businesses in Sault Ste. Marie and Cheboygan endangered the lives of innocent citizens, first responders, and the bomb technicians who rendered these devices safe,” said Mark Totten, Western District of Michigan United States attorney.
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