Bomb threat at home of Pope Leo's brother: Police
Source: the hill
by Patrick Djordjevic - 04/16/26 8:00 AM ET
(NewsNation) A bomb threat occurred at the home of the brother of Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday night, police in Illinois confirmed.
The New Lenox Police Department issued a statement acknowledging the threat at the home, but after a comprehensive search, it was determined to be unsubstantiated.
No injuries were reported and residents in the area have been allowed to return to their homes after evacuating, per police requests. Bomb-sniffing K-9s were used in the search.
The incident remains under investigation as authorities work to determine the origin of the report, police said. Making false reports of this nature is a serious offense and may result in criminal charges.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5833902-pope-leo-brother-louis-prevost-bomb-threat/
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niyad
(132,978 posts)H2O Man
(79,116 posts)Is it possible this isn't a coincidence? That it isn't a random bomb threat?
SheltieLover
(81,130 posts)H2O Man
(79,116 posts)But I am convinced that we have some really sick individuals amongst us.
agingdem
(8,911 posts)about Trump but stay silent in public..
Scrivener7
(59,753 posts)hadEnuf
(3,633 posts)These are Soviet Union Stalin tactics.
flashman13
(2,449 posts)aggiesal
(10,843 posts)riversedge
(81,062 posts)This article does not say if brother was at home either.
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What we don't know:
It remains unclear who made the threat and whether it is connected to recent public tensions involving the pope and President Donald Trump............
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/bomb-threat-pope-leo-brother-chicago-suburb
mwmisses4289
(4,378 posts)I get the investigation has to run it's course, but i suspect the obvious will come out.
magicarpet
(18,780 posts)USA,.. USA,.. USA.
FUCK the judicial system,... trDUMP gave us a free pass.
bucolic_frolic
(55,387 posts)They never catch anyone for threats. They can't all be experts in cyber security. Therefore, it must be a small cadre behind all of them. Authorities should look harder.
sop
(18,853 posts)I am so fucking sick of Trump and his scumbag followers.
Midnight Writer
(25,525 posts)This fucker has tasted blood and he is already drunk on it.
He won't get better. He will not "learn his lesson". He will not grow into a responsible adult. He will not become Presidential.
He will only get worse. The crazy will only get crazier, the cruelty will become crueler, the corruption will grow like a cancer.
He is The King, anointed by God, and questioning Him is blasphemy, punishable by death.
Nobody stands up to The MAGA Inquisition.
dave99
(45 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,378 posts)Maybe not always in grand gestures like a No kings march, but in little ways- an act of kindness here, a court case that wins there- people are standing up.
C Moon
(13,671 posts)Vinca
(54,120 posts)LudwigPastorius
(14,811 posts)If theres any upside to this, maybe it will make him rethink supporting Trump and his Nazi cult.
dave99
(45 posts)Figarosmom
(12,380 posts)yorkster
(3,872 posts)John is the brother who lives in Chicsgo area.
hlthe2b
(114,142 posts)Just sayin... Among those with motivation to have this smear Liberal/Progressives, no denying...
displacedvermoter
(4,698 posts)it would be useful to him and /or Trump.
PatrickforB
(15,466 posts)think this will stop Pope Leo from speaking prophetically, though.
dawn5651
(781 posts)snowybirdie
(6,713 posts)about the other MAGA, brother in SW Florida!
bluestarone
(22,282 posts)They continue to stand by when ever needed.
BidenRocks
(3,344 posts)how are these calls not traceable given AI and all the other caller ID?
maga is not smart enough to think this through, which means the cops do not want to find the caller!
Did the call come from area code 202?
mwmisses4289
(4,378 posts)So not as anonymous as one might think.
bluestarone
(22,282 posts)We at our house have been getting spam calls from 202 868 5207 last couple days!!
Nigrum Cattus
(1,343 posts)right wing religious extremists are bad enough, but repug
RWRE's are unAmerican failures of the highest degree.
Doodley
(11,974 posts)slightlv
(7,823 posts)Money in the poor buckets, and fewer people on the rolls. Real Christians should break off from churches who condone this kind of behavior... even silently... start their own Christian churches or pack the progressive Christian churches. That's just my opinion, and its from an outsider looking in... I'm not a Christian, so you can take it for what it's worth. I don't mean to offend anyone. I like this pope. He walks the talk on a good many issues... not all, unfortunately. But enough the faith would be less without him IMO.
Clouds Passing
(8,040 posts)SheltieLover
(81,130 posts)aggiesal
(10,843 posts)How Irony Deficient of them.
Ocelot II
(130,800 posts)aggiesal
(10,843 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,296 posts)returnee
(944 posts)MAGA a terrorist organization.
angrychair
(12,351 posts)Where Republicans go after the family members of people as a way of getting at the person they really want to hurt.
It's incredibly destructive.