Two 17-Year Olds Indicted for October 1st Cary-Grove High School Phone Bomb Threat

McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi, the Cary Police Department and Cary-Grove High School have sent out the following press release announcing indictments of two 17-year olds and one unnamed 16-year old minor with regard to the October 1st Cary-Grove bomb threat:

State’s Attorney Louis A. Bianchi announces, jointly with the Cary Police Department and Cary-Grove High School, that on October 15, 2008, the grand jury returned a four-count bill of indictment charging

  • Tyler J. Becker and
  • Lucas F. Medansky

each with CONSPIRACY (class 4 felony) and DISORDERLY CONDUCT (class 3 felony) in reference to an alleged bomb threat that was made by telephone on October 1, 2008 to the Cary Grove High School.

A juvenile was also charged with CONSPIRACY and two counts of DISORDERLY CONDUCT in reference to two separate telephone bomb threats allegedly made the same day to the Cary Grove High School.

It is alleged that the minor made the initial telephone bomb threat while acting alone and that Becker and Medansky aided and abetted the second call after agreeing with one another to commit the act.

The Cary Police Department recently completed a thorough investigation of the events that transpired on October 1st. The case was reviewed this week by the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office and presented to the grand jury.

The Cary-Grove High School administration cooperated with law enforcement efforts and is supportive of the resulting charges.

An evacuation of students in the high school occurred after the alleged bomb threats were made, resulting in the disruption of the school day and the response of a substantial number of law enforcement officers and firefighters.

If convicted, the adult offenders could be sentenced to up to five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.


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