Chicago Man Accused of Mailing Threatening Letters
CHICAGOA Chicago man was indicted on federal charges for allegedly mailing threatening letters containing false information about bombing public and private properties around the country, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant, Timothy P. ODonnell, was charged with nine counts of falsely threatening use of explosives in an indictment returned late yesterday by a federal grand jury.
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The charges stem from an investigation of identically worded letters that were mailed from Chicago to dozens of recipients in approximately 16 states in March 2011. The letters purported to be from Osama Bin Laden and, among other things, claimed that Al-Qaeda had planted 160 remotely-controlled nuclear bombs throughout the country in schools, churches, hospitals, financial institutions, and government buildings.
Source: http://www.fbi.gov/chicago/press-releases/2012/chicago-man-accused-of-mailing-threatening-letters-containing-false-information-about-bombing-targets-across-the-u.s