Bond denied for suspect in Chicago-area FAA fire

By Carla Johnson

Published September 29, 2014 9:46pm ET

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Bond denied for suspect in Chicago-area FAA fire — A flight departure board at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago still shows some cancelled flights Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it is reviewing security practices and how it deals with unexpected incidents throughout its air traffic control facilities following last week's fire at a Chicago-area air traffic facility. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford) | Teresa Crawford

CHICAGO (AP) — A magistrate judge ordered a suburban Chicago man held without bond Monday on charges he set a fire at an air traffic control center, causing damage that brought the city’s two international airports to a halt.

Dressed in hospital scrubs and wearing a large white bandage on his neck, 36-year-old Brian Howard of Naperville appeared before Judge Michael Mason at Chicago’s federal courthouse Monday afternoon, hours after he was released from a hospital and arrested by federal officers.

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