| Skokie man charged in bomb threat at Niles police station |
2010-07-08 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, July 8, 2010 , p. 10 |
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Decesare, William |
| Security scare at Old Orchard |
2008-03-06 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 6, 2008, p. 9 |
Safety devices and measures,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard |
| Boy charged in bomb threat |
2001-04-05 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 5, 2001, p. 4 |
Public School District 68 - Security,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Old Orchard Junior High School |
| Bomb turns out to be a dud |
1999-08-12 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 12, 1999, p. 4 |
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
|
| Caller threatens Loyola Academy |
1999-05-06 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 6, 1999, p. 16 |
Loyola Academy - Athletics,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats |
| Threat shows policy gap |
1998-12-10 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 10, 1998, p. 18 |
Public School District 68 - Policies,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Editorial |
| Parents blast D68 reaction to bomb threat |
1998-11-19 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 19, 1998, p. 3 |
Public School District 68,
Smith, Jay,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Kersten, Thomas,
Old Orchard Junior High School |
| School bomb threat moves polling place |
1998-11-05 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 5, 1998, p. 3 |
Public School District 68 - Security,
Elections,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Old Orchard Junior High School |
| Bomb threats prompt JCC program to move |
1996-12-19 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 19, 1996, p. 21 |
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago (JCC) |
| All's well at Wendy's |
1996-08-15 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, August 15, 1996, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Business - Restaurants and caterers |
| Teen charged in Niles West blast |
1996-05-30 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 30, 1996, p. 6 |
Odirakallumkal, Jim Mari,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats |
| Lenius gets life in Niles toolbox bombing |
1996-04-18 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 18, 1996, p. 5 |
Crime and criminals - Murder,
Conrad, Wayne,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats |
| Niles pipe-bomb killer sentenced to life in jail : Wayne Conrad's murderer escapes death penalty |
1996-04-18 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, April 18, 1996, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Crime and criminals - Murder,
Conrad, Wayne,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats |
| More bomb threats at Oakton |
1996-03-28 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 28, 1996, p. 20 |
Oakton Community College,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats |
| Threats stop up Oakton security |
1996-03-28 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, March 28, 1996, Sec. 1, p. 7 |
Oakton Community College,
Safety devices and measures,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats |
| Bomb threat thrice empty OCC campus |
1996-03-21 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 21, 1996, p. 11 |
Oakton Community College,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats |
| William Lenius found guilty : Jury returns murder verdict in five hours |
1996-03-07 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, March 7, 1996, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Crime and criminals - Murder,
Conrad, Wayne,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Conrad, Deborah |
| Widow recounts toolbox blast as trail begins |
1996-02-29 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 29, 1996, p. 9 |
Conrad, Wayne,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Conrad, Deborah,
Marshall, Ellen |
| Pipe bomb murder trial begins |
1996-02-29 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, February 29, 1996, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Crime and criminals - Murder,
Conrad, Wayne,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Conrad, Deborah,
Marshall, Ellen |
| Unabomber' arrest just a dud : police |
1995-10-12 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 12, 1995, p. 14 |
Ross, Lindsay Carter,
Unabomber,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Evanston Police Department |
| Unabomber-generated media invade |
1995-10-12 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, October 12, 1995, Sec. 1, p. 5 |
Arft, Larry,
Unabomber,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Berkwits, Jeff |
| Unabomber probe draws FBI, media |
1995-08-31 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 31, 1995, p. 3 |
Markavitch, Vickie,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Public School District 219 (Niles Township High Schools) - Teachers and personnel,
Berkwits, Jeff |
| FBI search for bomber hits home |
1995-08-31 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, August 31, 1995, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Unabomber,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Public School District 219 (Niles Township High Schools) |
| Learn the V-E Day lesson |
1995-05-18 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 18, 1995, p. 16 |
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
War - World War II (WWII),
Editorial,
Oklahoma City |
| Oklahoma bombing : It should inspire action against gun lobby |
1995-05-04 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 4, 1995, p. 17 |
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Firearms,
Editorial,
Oklahoma City |
| Close call for area man's kin |
1995-04-27 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 27, 1995, p. 7 |
Langer, Milton,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Oklahoma City |
| Area residents await call to help |
1995-04-27 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 27, 1995, p. 7 |
Volunteer work,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Red Cross,
Oklahoma City |
| The best, the worst |
1995-04-27 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 27, 1995, p. 16 |
Terrorism,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Editorial,
Oklahoma City |
| War hits home with 2 bomb threats at J |
1991-01-24 |
The Mayer Kaplan Jewish Community Center in Skokie received a bomb threat on January 18. JCC officials decided to evacuate the building. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, January 24, 1991, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Mayer Kaplan Jewish Community Center |
| Skokie youth found carrying explosives at union station |
1990-01-11 |
A Skokie teenager was charged in Chicago with possession of explosive devices after he was stopped by Amtrak police January 9 at Union Station. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, January 11, 1990, p. 8 |
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
|
| 3 bomb threats made |
1989-05-18 |
Skokie police and fire officials responded to three telephone bomb threats last week. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 18, 1989, p. 9 |
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Skokie Fire Department,
Skokie Police Department |
| Motive unclear in bomb attempt of Skokie firm's car |
1987-01-22 |
A live bomb spotted under a car owned by Total Reproductions, a Skokie publishing company, was successfully disarmed by the Cook County Sheriff's Police Bomb Squad. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, January 22, 1987, p. 5 |
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Total Reproductions |
| Karr sentenced to 15 years |
1985-07-18 |
Earl Karr, a former Skokie resident accused of planting pipe bombs in Midwestern states last summer, will receive a 15-year sentence for possession of explosives and attempt to discharge a bomb. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, July 18, 1985, p. 4 |
Karr, Earl,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats |
| Former Skokian sentenced in Midwest pipe bomb incidents |
1985-07-04 |
Earl Karr, a former resident of Skokie, was sentenced to 18 months in jail after being found guilty in Minnesota of possessing an explosive device. He also faces charges in Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, July 4, 1985, p. 7 |
Karr, Earl,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats |
| The blotter |
1984-11-04 |
No injuries were reported in a pipe bomb explosion at Jane Stenson School on October 31. The blast caused $500 damage and was part of a series of attacks on school property. |
Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Sunday, November 4, 1984, Sec. 1, p. 2 |
Public School District 68 - Buildings,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Jane Stenson Elementary School,
Crime and criminals - Vandalism |
| Pipe bomb suspect is Skokian |
1984-06-14 |
Earl Steven Karr, the man suspected of planting 24 pipe bombs in Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota, is a former Skokie resident who attended Niles North for three years. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 14, 1984, Sec. 1, p. 2 |
Karr, Earl,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats |
| Bomb damages rear door of Skokie home |
1983-03-20 |
A North Karlov Ave. home suffered $2,000 in damage when a bomb exploded near the rear door of the home. |
Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Sunday, March 20, 1983, Sec. 1, p. 2 |
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
|
| Student faces arson charges |
1981-07-19 |
Sugwon Lee, a Niles West senior, faces criminal charges after he surrendered following his release from the hospital. He made a pipe-bomb and was found, injured, in the school washroom, with a detonator in his pocket, after the bomb exploded. |
Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Sunday, July 19, 1981, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Lee, Sugwon,
Niles West High School,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Public School District 219 (Niles Township High Schools) |
| Senior prank ends in tragedy |
1981-06-04 |
Sugwon Lee, an 18-year-old senior at Niles West brought a home built bomb to school. The bomb was accidentally detonated in the men's washroom, injuring Lee. No charges have been filed. |
The News, Thursday, June 4, 1981, p. 3 |
Lee, Sugwon,
Niles West High School,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Public School District 219 (Niles Township High Schools) |
| Student injured by bomb has surgery |
1981-06-04 |
Sugwon Lee, who lost his left thumb and nearly lost his fingers on his left hand after a homemade pipe bomb exploded in a Niles West High School washroom, had a second operation on June 1. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 4, 1981, Sec. 1, p. 10 |
Lee, Sugwon,
Niles West High School,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats |
| Attempt on Village Hall bombs out |
1975-08-28 |
Bomb was discovered in Village Hall on August 25th. |
The News, Thursday, August 28, 1975, p. 3 |
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Village Hall |
| No bomb at SFS |
1975-04-24 |
Bomb threat at Skokie Federal Savings and Loan is hoax. |
The News, Thursday, April 24, 1975, p. 5 |
Skokie Federal Savings and Loan Association,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats |
| 2nd bomb threat |
1974-03-28 |
Old Orchard Professional Building was evacuated on March 22nd after a bomb threat. |
The News, Thursday, March 28, 1974, p. 2 |
Old Orchard Professional Building,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats |
| Suspend 4 West sophs for part in bombing |
1972-02-17 |
Four Niles West students suspended for setting off bomb in restroom. |
The News, Thursday, February 17, 1972, p. 9 |
Niles West High School,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Public School District 219 (Niles Township High Schools) |
| Bomb scare disrupts Nilehi hearings again |
1970-08-27 |
Bomb scare disrupts teachers hearings. |
The News, Thursday, August 27, 1970, p. 12 |
Pildes, Judith,
Crime and criminals - Bombs and bomb threats,
Public School District 219 (Niles Township High Schools) - Board,
Palm, John,
Public School District 219 (Niles Township High Schools) - Teachers and personnel |
