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Michigan Man, 76, Gets 75 Months in $5 Million Scheme That Involved Placing Shrapnel-filled Pipe Bombs Outside Cellphone Stores
By Allan Lengel A Michigan man was sentenced Wednesday to 6 years and 3 months in prison for a $5 million extortion plot that involved placing shrapnel-filled pipe bombs outside cellphone stores in northern Michigan. John Douglas Allen, 76, was sentenced in Bay City, Mich., after he had pleaded guilty to extortion by wrongful use…