Teen Arrested For Threatening To Blow Up Apple Store

Here’s a Genius Bar horror story for you: Justin Barry, an apparently disgruntled 17-year-old, walked into a Staten Island Apple Store and typed this message on one of the display machines. He’s now facing seven years in prison.

I have threatened your store and all its employees with a bloody death … whoever the crew maybe working, or the innocent citizens that walk in … will be eliminated with the force of a… bomb loaded with C4, strapped to my chest.

Barry claims he was joking – he signed the threat with the name of a friend’s father – but he’s facing terror charges that could leave him locked up until his mid-20s. With any luck he’ll be out just in time to get in line for the iSlate nano. [MacWorld]