Tinley Park Woman Denies Threatening Attacks On Fireworks Shows

COOK COUNTY, IL — A Tinley Park woman accused of sending text messages intimating attacks on local fireworks displays used a Google Voice number to hide her identity, a judge said Friday.

Jeanette Larue, 50, of Tinley Park, was charged with disorderly conduct after police said she sent text messages to her nephew July 4 threatening to attack fireworks celebrations in Tinley Park, Orland Park, Lockport and Joliet.

In court Friday, Larue denied doing what she's accused of, noting a family dispute at the root of the incident, the Chicago Tribune reports. Larue stood with a cane, telling the judge she is on Social Security and suffers from Parkinson's disease, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Police at the time were able to verify the threats were baseless, and no one was in danger, police said last month.

Larue at the time admitted sending her nephew messages, but denied that they contained anything threatening.

The case was continued to Sept. 21.