Overview
- Police in Mokena stopped a 31-year-old Oak Lawn man late Saturday and found eight improvised incendiary devices in his backpack during a search.
- Officers also recovered a handwritten map that included the words “you see the mosque,” which prosecutors say appears to reference the Orland Park Prayer Center and suggests a possible targeted threat.
- Prosecutors charged Hamed M. Alsaidi with felony unlawful use of a weapon and obstructing identification and argued he was a flight risk because of an active order of protection and prior inadmissibility findings.
- A Will County judge ordered Alsaidi released to home detention with GPS monitoring rather than held in jail, and federal and state agencies including the ATF, FBI and State Fire Marshal joined the investigation.
- DHS/ICE told reporters it later took Alsaidi into federal custody after his court-ordered monitored release, a development that officials say leaves criminal and immigration probes continuing and raises questions about local‑federal coordination.