CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -
A federal grand jury indicted a suburban teenager Thursday, in connection with a plot to blow up a downtown Chicago bar last Friday night.
Adel Daoud, 18, is charged with two counts - alleging that he attempted to use a weapon of mass destruction to destroy the bar and liquor store that has since been identified as Cal's at 400 South Wells.
The Hillside teen is accused of parking a green Jeep Cherokee outside Cal's and then walking away. The FBI arrested him after observing him push the button on a remote triggering device.
In court prosecutors revealed that the device was a fake bomb, weighing in at 1,000 lbs.
They said Daoud indicated he would only be satisfied if the explosion killed at least 100 people and injured 300 more, and prosecutors told Judge Keys that Daoud said a prayer for success with an undercover FBI agent who was with him posing as a terrorist.
Judge Keys ordered Daoud held without bond after finding clear and convincing evidence that Daoud remained a risk to the community, adding it was clear that Daoud sought publicity by killing people and now he has received that publicity.
Prosecutors said Daoud was overheard at his mosque in Villa Park, talking about committing jihad months ago. When his Imam was informed he and the teen's father both told him to quit talking about such things.
Defense attorney Tom Durkin said despite that, an undercover FBI agent told Daoud an overseas Imam approved of the plot, which Durkin suggested showed this was more the FBI's plan that his client's.
"I've never seen entrapment or at least the suggestion of entrapment jump off the facts of the sworn complaint from a government agent," Durkin said, adding he's never "seen the FBI go to such lengths to set somebody up."
During and after the hearing, Daoud's father Ahmed battled to contain his emotions, fighting tears after seeing his son in chains and an orange prison jumpsuit. Durkin declined to let him talk after the hearing.
In court, Durkin told the judge Daoud was just a "misguided kid on the internet" who "couldn't put a bomb together if his life depended on it."
But the judge said he found that Daoud was predisposed to violence before any FBI involvement, noting that the evidence indicated Daoud had even tried to recruit a 16-year-old friend to help.
The judge ordered Daoud detained. Daoud's next court date has not been set.
He was moved this week from the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center to the Kankakee County Jail while he awaits trial.
Adel Daoud.
