Police, Feds Investigating 'Similar Pattern' Of Unsubstantiated Bomb Threats Nationwide
Authorities are investigating a "similar pattern" of bomb threats being made through email Thursday across the Chicago area and nationwide.
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Authorities are investigating a "similar pattern" of bomb threats being made through email Thursday across the Chicago area and nationwide.
Police have detained a man who apparently made a bomb threat on a Greyhound Bus traveling on the Kennedy Expressway.
Arlington National Cemetery was evacuated on Wednesday, after military authorities responded to a bomb threat.
Niles North High School is evacuating after receiving some an undisclosed threat, police said.
Wiersma, 33, appeared in an orange jumpsuit Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sidney Schenkier, who ordered him held in custody until a detention hearing Friday. The Dyer man choked up and wiped tears from his eyes after a prosecutor explained the potential consequences of his actions.
A man has been charged with calling city officials Sunday night threatening to bomb the 87th Street CTA Red Line station on the South Side.
A person called city officials Sunday night threatening to bomb the 87th Street CTA Red Line on the South Side.
Authorities were called with reports of the male making a threat about 1:45 p.m., according to police News Affairs Officer Thomas Sweeney.
A person who called in a false bomb threat Monday at Orland Square Mall is also suspected of making a false hostage threat in Tennessee.
A private Jewish school in the Edgewater neighborhood was evacuated Tuesday morning, after receiving a bomb threat, which police later determined to be false.
Michael R. Schmidt, 59, faces a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct, according to Northbrook police.
Addie Goodman, the executive vice president of Jewish Community Center Chicago, said it was the Hyde Park JCC - locally - that received this latest threat on Monday.
Wauconda High School was evacuated Thursday afternoon while police investigated a bomb threat. Police said everyone was safe, and the threat remained under investigation.
So far, at least 32 organizations have been threatened in 16 states, CBS 2's Sandra Torres reports.
Police said the school was placed on lockdown as a precaution while officers located the student who made the threat.
Someone called police and said he wanted to blow up Country Meadows Elementary School and Woodlawn Elementary School.
Police in Schererville have one person in custody in connection to bomb threats that prompted the closure of at least nine schools in northwest Indiana, threats police said appear to have been false.
Students at a west suburban high school will be met with bomb-sniffing dogs and a heavy police presence on Friday, after a possible bomb threat was found written on a bathroom wall.
A bomb threat was reported at Lane Technical College Prep High School in the North Center neighborhood Thursday afternoon on the North Side.
An Elgin man who was accused of threatening police officers with a fake bomb Tuesday morning when they tried to conduct an eviction at his home was later found dead at the Kane County Adult Justice Center.
Police said 55-year-old Dennis Campbell, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, was boarding United Flight 439 at Logan International Airport around 6:50 p.m., when he said he had a bomb in his bag.
Classes have been canceled at Governors State University on Friday, after a bomb threat targeting the school's parking lots.
Police will sweep every building on campus to ensure student, faculty and staff safety, an official said.
The threat was made by phone about 10:15 a.m., according to Chicago Police. No evidence was found to suggest the threat was credible.
