CHICAGO (AP) -- Authorities arrested a suspect Wednesday morning in the case of two pipe bombs that were mailed to financial companies in Chicago and Kansas City, Mo., along with threatening letters signed "The Bishop," the U.S. Postal Inspection Service said. The postal inspection service did not immediately release any further details. A news conference was expected later Wednesday.Investigators have said "The Bishop" mailed more than a dozen letters to financial institutions for 18 months and appeared to have ties to the Chicago area. The letters include references to heaven and hell and threatened recipients if the prices of certain stocks did move to certain levels, often $6.66; the number '666' is associated with Satan.
| I would have thought Satan's stock prices would have been a bit higher |
| There was a 6.66:1 split. |
A sketch of a man considered to be a person of interest in the case was released in February, based on a witness description of a man seen in the post office lobby that day. According to postal inspectors, one of the pipe bombs went to American Century Investments in Kansas City, and the other was sent to Janus Small-Cap in Denver and was forwarded to an office in Chicago.