Man Arrested After Bomb Threats to Evanston Buildings, Police Say

Evanston police say they’ve arrested a Chicago man for making telephone bomb threats, according to a press release. 

Vincente L. Alford, 33, made four calls between 10:30 a.m. and 11a.m. on May 1 threatening to blow up the Civic Center and police department building, police said. 

Police say the calls were traced back to Alford, who apparently made the calls because he was upset over getting a parking ticket earlier in the day. 

Alford, of the 7500 block of N. Claremont Ave., Chicago, was charged with two counts of transmitting threats over the telephone, Class B misdemeanors. He is scheduled to appear in court on May 29.