Update on Chicago Metra train incident:
Metra train stopped in Lisle due to police activity
Metra trains headed into and out of Chicago have been stopped and thousands of passengers delayed as police investigate reports of a suspicious man who may or may not be on one of those trains in Lisle.
Just before 8 a.m. Wednesday a suspicious person was hanging around the main Naperville train station, 105 4th Ave. and according to a ticket agent at the station, was asking “unusual questions relating to security,” Naperville Police Lt. Dave Hoffman said.
The ticket agent was unsure whether the man left the station on foot or if he got on a train. The train he would have gotten on was Metra Burlington Northern Santa Fe train No. 1252. When that train got to Lisle, it was stopped and police have been looking for that man.
Hoffman said the man was described as a white male, in his early 30s, 6-foot-2, with a medium build, wearing a green jacket with a hooded sweatshirt and carrying a knapsack.....
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1376891,w-metra-police-activity-011409.article
Chicago train incident update (you’re not going to believe this one!)
‘Suspicious’ rider was Secret Service agent
The suspicious person who caused an unscheduled two-hour stop for a Metra train this morning and a search of its passengers was a U.S. Secret Service agent.
Metra spokeswoman Judy Pardonnet said the incident began when a plainclothes Secret Service agent asked a Naperville ticket agent whether there were metal detectors aboard the BNSF Line train and indicated he was carrying a gun.
“He did not identify himself as any type of law-enforcement officer. That concerned the ticket agent,” Pardonnet said.....
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/01/metra-train-halted-passengers-searched.html