A federal judge has ruled a Chicago man accused of mailing threats of beheadings, bombings and other violence to Southern Illinois University's Carbondale campus must remain in custody.
A federal judge in Chicago ruled last week that Derrick Dawon Burns qualifies for bond, but she stayed her decision while prosecutors appealed.
Judge Phil Gilbert on Tuesday reversed that ruling. Gilbert said Burns was a potential risk to others and to himself, noting a 2012 suicide attempt.
Burns is charged with eight felonies linked to what investigators say were threatening mailings sent over a yearlong span in 2012 and 2013. Prosecutors have said Burns threatened rapes, bombings and beheadings.
The FBI says most of the threatening letters suggested SIU would be targeted.
Burns' attorney has declined to publicly discuss the case.
