Briefs: Crash victim identified

Police identified a 58-year-old Sycamore man Tuesday as the driver who died in a three vehicle crash in Barrington Hills on Monday. Lt. Rich Semelsberger said Richard Johnson was killed when a gravel truck landed on top of the 2004 Ford pickup truck he was driving. He was a delivery driver for Pomps Tire Service in Channahon. The crash, which involved two gravel trucks and Johnson's pickup truck, occurred about noon Monday at Route 68 and Bateman Road. The crash caused two fully loaded gravel trucks to roll over, dumping their contents onto the street. It closed Route 68 for several hours. The two gravel truck drivers were taken to St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Semelsberger said the crash remains under investigation by Barrington Hills police and the Lake County Major Crash Assistance team.

Search made after threat

Hoffman Estates High School was on lockdown for about two hours Tuesday while police investigated a bomb threat, said Lt. Rich Russo of the Hoffman Estates Police Department. The written threat was found in a girl's bathroom around 10 a.m., Russo said. "The school was not evacuated, and nothing was found," he said. Students and teachers were not allowed to leave the school during the lockdown, according to a statement on the school's Web site. Police will interview students to determine who is responsible for the threat, Russo said. If found, the person will be charged with felonious disorderly conduct, Russo said.

Jelly Belly Days coming

Clearbrook is holding its annual Jelly Belly Days fundraising event Friday and Saturday at intersections and storefronts throughout the Northwest suburbs. Hundreds of volunteers dressed in bright yellow vests will pass out Jelly Belly candy and collect money to benefit programs and services provided by Clearbrook, which works with nearly 3,000 children and adults with developmental disabilities in the Chicago area. Collection hours range from 6:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. Friday and from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Saturday. With a budget of nearly $30 million and 600-plus employees, the agency provides a variety of services to people with diagnoses including mental retardation, autism, Down syndrome and cerebral palsy.

Mayor to bike to work

Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson will lead residents in a morning ride to village hall Friday as part of Bike to Work Week. At 9:30 a.m. Friday, the ride will begin at the bike path at the Meineke Recreation Center, 220 E. Weathersfield Way in Schaumburg. From there, participants will ride with the mayor to Beech Drive, east on Beech to Abrahamsen Park, through the park to Summit, and north to the bike path entrance onto the Robert O. Atcher municipal grounds at 101 Schaumburg Court. The primary purpose of Bike to Work Week is to focus attention on cycling as a viable travel alternative and encourage people to reduce automobile use.

Boys suspended for knives

Two students at Glenbrook School, 315 Garden Circle, Streamwood, were suspended in the past couple of weeks for bringing knives to school, police said Tuesday. The most recent was a 12-year-old boy who brought in a locking blade knife, reportedly opened it and warned other students not to "mess with him," police said. Authorities said it was the second time he had brought a knife to school. In another incident, a different boy was seen showing a knife to fellow students, police said.