charges after he threatened police with a bomb Wednesday morning when
he was pulled over on the Southwest Side.
Emad Karakrah, 49, was
charged with felony counts of disorderly conduct and aggravated
fleeing; and a misdemeanor count of driving on a never-issued license,
according to Chicago Police. He was also issued three traffic citations.
Someone
called police after seeing a "suspicious person" driving a silver
Pontiac southbound in the 7700 block of South Kedzie at 9:18 a.m. with
an ISIS flag waving out the window, according to a police report.
Officers
attempted to pull over the vehicle, but the driver took off, according
to the report. The officers called for assistance, and another officer
pulled the vehicle over after it went through several red lights.
The
man told police during his arrest that there was a bomb in the car and
he would detonate it if they searched the vehicle, according to the
report.
A bomb squad, the FBI and Homeland Security responded to
the scene and searched the vehicle, but no bomb was found, authorities
said.
Karakrah, of the 5900 block of South Kedvale, was expected
to appear in bond court Thursday. Court information was not immediately
available.
SOURCE: http://abc7.ws/1wL85LM
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