Crime & Safety

Oak Lawn Man Admits To Bomb Hoax at Georgia Schools

Valtrez Stewart could get 20 years in prison when he's sentenced in March.

Valtrez Stewart, 29, of Oak Lawn, pleaded guilty to mailing threats to four high schools in the Atlanta-area while in Cook County Jail between Jan. 28 and Feb. 2, 2011.

Marietta Patch reports that Stewart entered the plea in in U.S. District Court in Atlanta on Friday.

Stewart's notes threatened to detonate bombs at the four high schools unless $10 million was paid to specific people.

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