Arrest made in E. Chicago pipe bomb explosion

IF THE CUBS WIN TONIGHT,
THEY GO TO LOS ANGELES WHERE
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES IS BEGINNING
AT 7:00.
BREAKING NEWS TO PASS
ALONG.
AND ARREST IN THE CASE OF A
PIPE BOMB EXPLODED AT A POST
OFFICE IN EAST CHICAGO,
INDIANA.
HERE'S MORE FROM THE
COURTHOUSE.
Reporter: POLICE SAID THE
BOMBER IN THE CASE WAS A 45-
YEAR-OLD ENGINEER AND
SUPERVISOR AT A MAJOR COMPANY.
CRAIG IS CHARGED WITH
POSSESSION OF A DESTRUCTIVE
DEVICE AND TRANSPORTING
MATERIALS.
YOU COULD BE SENT TO PRISON FOR
20 YEARS IF CONVICTED.
PROSECUTORS SAID LAST MONTH HE
DROPPED OFF A BOMB AT THE POST
OFFICE IN EAST CHICAGO AND THIS
IS VIDEO FROM THE EVENING OF
SEPTEMBER 6, WHEN A PIPE BOMB
LIKE THIS DEVICE JUST --
EXPLODED INSIDE THE NORTHWEST
INDIANA POST OFFICE.
INJURED ONE WOMAN WHO WAS SEVEN
MONTHS PREGNANT AT THE TIME AND
THE DEVICE WAS DELIVERED TO AN
ATTORNEY WORKING FOR THE CITY
OF HAMMOND.
PROSECUTORS SAID HE MAILED A
LETTER TO ANOTHER HAMMOND
EMPLOYEE IN THAT LETTER
CONTAINED A BULLET ALONG WITH
WRITTEN THREATS.
THE MAYOR OF HAMMOND SAID HE
GAVE AUTHORITIES KRIEG HIS NAME
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PACKAGE
BLEW UP IN A CHICAGO.
THERE WAS A LINK BETWEEN THE
TWO, IT WAS UNMISTAKABLE.
WE MADE THE ARREST.
HE WAS GUILTY, RIGHT FROM THE
FIRST THING I HEARD ABOUT IT,
HE WAS THE FIRST GUY THAT
JUMPED TO MY MIND.
SO MANY SMART AND WEIRD ENOUGH
TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
Reporter: THE MAYOR DESCRIBES
KRIEG AS AN EXTREMIST.
FOR POSSIBLE MOTIVE, HE SAID
THEY BELIEVED THEY HAD ZERO
MOTIVES, BUT DIDN'T WANT TO
ELABORATE.
AS FOR THE WOMAN WHO WAS
INJURED, HER BOSS WAS AT THE
NEWS CONFERENCE THAT JUST
WRAPPED UP A FEW MINUTES AGO
AND SHE SAID THE WOMAN IS DOING
VERY WELL, CONSIDERING WHAT
HAPPENED.
AS FOR THE ARREST, SHE SAID
THIS, QUOTE, SCORE ONE FOR THE
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Arrest made in E. Chicago pipe bomb explosion

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