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A 75-year-old man faces federal charges after authorities allege he planted pipe bombs around cell phone stores in Michigan, on a crusade to stop pornography, cursing, and "indecent communication." On Tuesday, according to the FBI, Allen allegedly left boxes with wires protruding out of them outside of a Verizon store in Cheboygan, Michigan, and outside of an AT&T store in Sault Ste. Marie. The FBI's Explosive Unit determined they were homemade pipe bombs. Surveillance videos outside of the stores showed Allen placing them.In a typewritten letter addressed to “AT&T, Verizon, and all other Carriers," sealed in a polka dot envelope inside a plastic baggie and left near a cell tower, Allen wrote: “We are almost thirty strong. We are prepared to travel throughout this Country and begin destroying inner city tower communication unless the following is followed:
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- All telecommunications containing immoral content must be stopped. This includes cursing, the transmission of pornography, and all manner of indecent communication. As software must me[sic] developed, you are therefore given six months to comply with this demand.”