Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Judge Eases Dist. 225 Bomb Threat Suspect's Bail Conditions
Ryan Ricco allowed to play in basketball tournament for school team.
Bond was modified for to play in a basketball tournament this weekend at Forest View High School in Arlington Heights.
Ricco is charged with carrying a possible prison term of four to 15 years, according to Cook County State’s Attorney Spokesperson Andy Conklin. According to a Glenview Police Department report, Ricco threatened to bomb Glenbrook North High School and walk into Glenbrook South High School with a bomb strapped to him.
Ricco is alleged to have made the threat in a Facebook message to a female Glenbrook South student Dec. 8. He was charged later that day after the girl’s mother reported the communication to Glenview police.
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Ricco has pleaded not guilty. which allows him to leave home only to go to school. He currently attends Camelot School in Des Plaines.
The 18-year-old Northbrook resident is also charged with felony disorderly conduct, which carries a possible two- to five-year prison sentence. An additional misdemeanor claim of illegal possession of fireworks will be tried with the other counts.
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During a status hearing March 17 before Judge Garritt E. Howard in the Skokie Branch of Cook County Circuit Court, Ricco’s attorney Steven Weinberg asked Howard to allow his client to play for Camelot in the basketball tournament.
“Right now he’s only allowed to leave home to go to school,” Weinberg said. “It would be a violation of the conditions of his bond if he plays without the court’s permission.”
objected to the modification claiming Ricco’s bail should remain unchanged until the case is tried.
“There were reasons these restrictions are there,” Morris said. “Nothing should be changed."
After Ricco confirmed that he was part of the team and was not going as a spectator, Howard agreed to the modified bond.
“You are on the team?” Howard asked Ricco. “I’m only allowing this if you are going to play, not to watch."
Weinberg also told the court any pretrial motions he plans to file will be submitted to the court by April 20. Weinberg said he is still awaiting some information from the State’s Attorney’s Office. The parties will return for another status hearing at 9:30 a.m. April 20 in Room 206 of the Skokie Courthouse.
