PLAINVIEW, Nassau County -- A man from South Carolina is facing charges after police say he sent false bombs to a teenager in Nassau County whom he met online.
22-year-old James Dickerson is accused of sending the bombs containing chemicals and a pressure cooker filled with thumbtacks to the 19-year-old's Plainview home in November 2017.
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Nassau County police worked with the NYPD and federal investigators to arrest Dickerson and extradite him to Long Island.
Dickerson is charged with three counts of placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the second degree and first-degree harassment.
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He will be arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead on Friday.