Authorities and student sought in mailbox bombings case
Luke J. Helder, a 21-year-old University of Wisconsin Stout junior from Pine Island Minnesota, was arrested after a high speed chase. Five pipe bombs were found in his car along Interstate 80 near Reno Nevada. He faces federal charges carrying up to life in prison. Helder is linked to multiple mailbox bombs in Illinois Iowa Nebraska Colorado Texas and was identified after a nationwide APB. His father urged him to call and he refused. Helder is described as art and industrial design major and punk band member music interests include Nirvana and Apathy.