Thursday, January 31, 2013
Thomas Yela will spend more than a year in prison for making the threats to blow up apartment buildings and the Shorewood courthouse, plus a Milwaukee bridge.
The Milwaukee man who threatened to blow up the Shorewood Courthouse, a Shorewood apartment building and a bridge in Milwaukee will spend about 13 months in prison. Thomas Yela, 50, pleaded guilty in December to one count of making a bomb scare. According to online court records, his full sentence is 18 months in prison, plus two years extended supervision, but he will likely serve less time in prison, as he is being given credit for the roughly five months he has spent in jail since his arrest on these charges. He must also pay $3,674.75 to the River Park Apartments. Yela's Aug. 27 threat prompted police to evacuate Village Hall and about 600 residents of the River Park Apartments in Shorewood. Yela told someone on an intervention hotline…
Monday, December 3, 2012
Thomas Yela, 50, pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of creating a bomb scare, after he called police and an intervention center in August, and threatened to blow up Shorewood's River Park apartments and the Locust Street bridge.
The 50-year-old Milwaukee man charged with threatening to blow up a Shorewood apartment building and a bridge in Milwaukee pleaded guilty on Monday, according to online court records. Thomas Yela was charged Aug. 31, after he called in bomb threats, prompting police to evacuate Village Hall, and some 600 residents from the River Park Apartments in Shorewood on Aug. 27. According to the criminal complaint, Yela phoned an intervention hotline and told an employee he strapped bombs to two of the apartment buildings and it would be up to police to figure out which ones. Milwaukee County Sheriff’s bomb squad dogs combed the buildings and no bombs were found. He also said he was going to blow up the Locust Street bridge just because he felt …
Friday, August 31, 2012
Thomas Yela, 50, was charged Friday with one count of creating a bomb scare, after he called police and an intervention center Monday, and threatened to blow up Shorewood's River Park apartments and the Locust Street bridge.
A 50-year-old Milwaukee man is facing charges after he allegedly threatened to blow up a Shorewood apartment building and a bridge in Milwaukee in order to try and get the FBI to investigate a woman he was upset with. Thomas M. Yela was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Friday with one count of creating a bomb scare. If convicted, he faces up to 3 ½ years in prison and $10,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On Monday, Yela anonymously called the Shorewood Police Department and said he planned to blow up the River Park Apartments, 1700 E. River Park Court. Yela told police he planned to blow up the apartment building using: While investigating the threat, officers were contacted by an employee with the Open Gate …
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Adam W. McCoy
5:37 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
You make a very good point Alol. I will make an effort to keep stories generating comments on the front page until the discussion concludes. more ›