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Man charged in Kane County for bomb threats may have made similar threats in Cook

Jacob N. Spiro suspected in bomb threats made in Niles, Des Plaines

By Shaw Local News Network
acob N. Spiro was charged with felony disorderly conduct – false bomb or deadly substance threat.

Jacob N. Spiro was charged with felony disorderly conduct – false bomb or deadly substance threat. (Photo provided by Cook County Sheriff)

ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP – A Skokie man charged Oct. 11 with making bomb threats at branch libraries in Aurora last month is being held in Cook County jail on similar charges alleged in other suburbs, according to news releases.

Niles police arrested Jacob N. Spiro, 23, of the 4600 block of Davis Street in Skokie, on Oct. 9 after a multijurisdictional investigation that included detectives from Niles, Wilmette, Morton Grove, Skokie, Northbrook and Glenview, according to a Niles news release.

Investigators identified Spiro through digital forensics and linked him to incidents in all those towns. They took him into custody in the 8300 block of West Golf Road, according to the release.

Des Plaines police had received three unfounded bomb threats to Mariano’s Fresh Market, 10 E. Golf Road, since Aug. 30, according to a release from the Des Plaines Police Department.

One threat occurred shortly before 5 p.m. Oct. 4, when a 911 capable-only phone with an automated female voice reported there was an explosive device hidden in the store.

Later that same day, shortly after 10 p.m., Des Plaines police received another 911 call from the same capable-only phone with an automated female voice reporting an “explosion and a homicide” would occur at the same Mariano’s store, according to the release.

The Cook County State’s Attorney filed charges Oct. 10 against Spiro for one felony count of falsely making a terrorist threat in the Des Plaines incidents, according to the release.

Spiro was charged in Kane County with felony disorderly conduct – false bomb or deadly substance threat – that he allegedly made through an online source Sept. 12 and 14 to three Aurora branch libraries, court records show.

During the investigation, Aurora detectives, in cooperation with the North Regional Major Crimes Task Force, determined Spiro was responsible for making the threats, according to the release.

According to the Cook County jail website, Spiro continues to be held without bond and his next court date is Nov. 13.

The Kane County Chronicle requested a full list of charges against Spiro from the Cook County Circuit Clerk.