(Madison, Wisc. television station WISC-TV posted the following article on its website on July 9.)
MADISON, Wisc. — News 3 has learned that the FBI has arrested a suspect in this week’s Amtrak bomb scare near Portage.
Columbia County investigators say the suspect was apprehended in Illinois.
Detectives say News 3 cameras recorded images of the man Tuesday after nearly 300 passenger were evacuated from the Empire Builder train after bomb threats were made from a cell phone as the train was making its way through Wisconsin Dells.
It is now apparent that the bomb threat was made by the suspect on the train, News 3 reports.