Tuesday, May 7, 2013

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 7

May 7, 2002 – “Lucas John Helder (21) of Pine Island, Minn., was arrested following a car chase near Lovelock, Nevada, and charged for [a] series of mailbox pipe bombs. Helder said he was trying to make a "smiley face" pattern on the map of his bombings. His series of rural mailbox bombings left six people wounded in Illinois and Iowa. Helder [was] found incompetent to stand trial.”

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Lucas John Helder - FBI Mugshot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Helder   

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