They left the school building. The two Riverbend High School students are being identified by their gender, male, and their ages, 15 and 17. Being held without bond. There are plot was uncovered by texts and social media postings. First, School Resources officers were uncovered information on one student on october 12th. He was charged with threatening violence by means of the internet. A felony. Additional was developed potentially lipging a second student to the planning. That student was arrested yesterday. The students homes wr searched and they say they had access to weapons. Whether they would have succeeded, its too early to say. But what they found prompted them to up the charges. Further investigation led detectives to amend the charges on the first subject to conspiracy to commit murder, the second juvenile suspect is being charged with the same offense. Now, both of those students are expected to appear in court to be arraigned on those more serious charges sometime next wee
School and tonight, the 15 and 17yearold male students are being held without bond at a juvenile detention center. Their names have not been released but were told theyre both students at river bend high school. Both teens have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Police investigation did reveal that these youths had access to firearms. Okay . Im not going to say more than that. And they apparently as i understand it that their threat or their plot was to phone in a bomb threat and then shoot people as they came out of school. Theres no other way to say this through the dogmatic efforts of that School Resource officer and the training and experience that hes had, in working in the school environment, we were able to catch this thing long before it became a different kind of story. Weve also learned the plot was discovered when authorities reviewed social media accounts belonging to those two suspects. Tragedy struck Oklahoma State university today. When an alleged drunk drive
Charged with attempting to board an aircraft with a weapon. A board is found a 25 caliber beretta in his garment bag and a clip containing six live rounds in the pocket. The gun was not loaded. He tried to tell police that he worked less as a Security Guard and did not realize the gun was in his bag. He does have a valid firearm owners id. The budget negotiation among state democrats was not that the Senate Investigation yesterday. He is among several potential contenders to run for the democrat nomination for Jesse Jackson jr. Is vacated seat. We will keep you updated on what happens inside. A man whose trial was one of the first in illinois to allow cameras in the courtroom is being sentenced today in kankakee county. 20yearold demetrious jones was found guilty of the murder of 27yearold marcus sanders. He could face up to 50 years in prison. During the trial jurors watched a videotaped Police Interrogation in which jones admitted shooting sanders. But he told an investigator he only
Clouds later today. 47 at the lakefront. Waukegan at 36. 42 in joliet. Later today temperatures will fall youll need your heavy coat as the temperatures fall back into the 30s after the front moves through. The rain covering the entire viewing area. No plunder or lightning. Slight chance this morning. We have a temperature in the low 40s by noon. We will be down to 39 by 530. As many people check out of work were back into the 30s. Partly cloudy skies thursday. Friday we make 55 degrees. Throw to looking good. No delays. Everything on schedule. A few Construction Projects we will continue to see these for the next few weeks as we are in the spring construction schedule. One person was killed, after a van carrying at least four children crashed into a semi truck in elwood. It happened yesterday evening near mississippi avenue on route 53. Police havent released many details on the crash. A witness says the truck was travelling northbound when the van pulled in front of it. Several victi
Romo three times. Rg3, not a great performance, just 100 yards through the air. But on a somewhat less than 100 knee he ran for about 60 yards to keep that cowboy defensive honest. Alfred morris, closing in on 200 yards rushing. Absolutely shattering the franchise season mark in terms of yards rushed for in a season. Clinton portis was on hand. Rob jackson with an interception, and now the skins are trying to milk this clock and work it down to zero. Already have an idea of what they will play in the first round of the playoffs if they can hold this one, theyll face seattle here at home next week, sunday, 4 30. Televised here on fox 5. What else can you say . This fan base is about to let loose, if they can hold on. 2118. Less than 3 minutes to play. Other games being played today. We had our eyes on the chicago and minnesota games. Wanted both those teams to lose going into this game knowing a postseason berth was on the way. Didnt come that easy. The redskins obviously needed to win