Crime & Safety
Trump Tower Threat Written On Chicago Museum iPod: Cops
The device had been checked out Wednesday night by a visitor to the Chicago History Museum, police say.

CHICAGO, IL — A visitor to the Chicago History Museum used an iPod from that institution Wednesday night to write a threat directed at Trump Tower and International Hotel, according to the Chicago Tribune. A check of the hotel and residential building at 401 N. Wabash Ave. by Chicago police didn't find any danger, the report added.
According to police, the incident happened around 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, after an individual checked out the iPod as an audio assist tool at the in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood museum, 1601 N. Clark St., the report stated. The device's notebook application then was used to write the message, the report added.
Details about the content of the threat were not revealed.
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