A man previously convicted in 2016 of making a terrorist threat directed at the Lake County courthouse was again arrested for threatening the courthouse.
On June 14, 2024, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office became aware that a man in Chicago’s Riverwalk area passed a note to a security guard working at a Riverwalk restaurant. The note indicated there would be a mass shooting with military precision at the Lake County courthouse. The note also made threatening remarks directed at a Lake County Judge and a Chicago Police Officer assigned as a task force officer to the FBI.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division launched an investigation. On June 27, 2024, the man returned to the Riverwalk area and was spotted by the security guard he previously passed the note to. The security guard contacted Chicago Police Department and the man was located, and taken into custody. The man was identified as Daniel B. Pederson, 42, of the 200 block of E Cullerton Street, Chicago. After Pederson was positively identified, Lake County Sheriff’s Detectives worked with the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office and obtained an arrest warrant for Pederson for one count of ‘Threatening a Public Official’ (Class 3 Felony).
On June 28, 2024, members of the Sheriff’s Warrants Team took custody of Pederson in Chicago. He was then transported to the Lake County Jail where he remains held pending his first court appearance.
The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office intends to file a petition to detain Pederson this morning.
Additional charges are possible.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office thanked the Chicago Police Department and FBI Chicago Field Office for their collaboration and assistance.
All defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
– Lake County Sheriff’s Office
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