Post by Logan on Jun 12, 2016 6:35:46 GMT -6
Chicago woman held on $250K bail in explosion in Evanston Target bathroom
A Chicago woman was ordered held in lieu of $250,000 bail Saturday after being charged with setting off an explosion in a women's restroom in an Evanston Target.
Heidi E. Schmidt, 44, of the 4000 block of West Crystal Street in Chicago, appeared at the Leighton Criminal Courts Building Saturday where her bail was set by a Cook County judge.
She was charged with aggravated arson and unlawful possession of an explosive or incendiary device after an explosion rocked a bathroom located toward the front of the store, at 2209 Howard St., at around 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to Evanston police. No one was injured in the incident and the damage was limited to a stall in the restroom.
An eyewitness was inside the Target bathroom when the explosion occurred inside Schmidt's stall, Assistant State's Attorney Marcell Taylor told the court Saturday at the Leighton Criminal Courts Building.
Read more: www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/crime/ct-evr-evanston-target-bathroom-explosion-tl-0616-20160611-story.html
A Chicago woman was ordered held in lieu of $250,000 bail Saturday after being charged with setting off an explosion in a women's restroom in an Evanston Target.
Heidi E. Schmidt, 44, of the 4000 block of West Crystal Street in Chicago, appeared at the Leighton Criminal Courts Building Saturday where her bail was set by a Cook County judge.
She was charged with aggravated arson and unlawful possession of an explosive or incendiary device after an explosion rocked a bathroom located toward the front of the store, at 2209 Howard St., at around 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to Evanston police. No one was injured in the incident and the damage was limited to a stall in the restroom.
An eyewitness was inside the Target bathroom when the explosion occurred inside Schmidt's stall, Assistant State's Attorney Marcell Taylor told the court Saturday at the Leighton Criminal Courts Building.
Read more: www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/crime/ct-evr-evanston-target-bathroom-explosion-tl-0616-20160611-story.html