Marcello DelCarlo an assistant professor at Rush University Medical Center was arrested and charged Monday for possession of explosives on top of a domestic battery charge for shaking his ex-girlfriend violently.
He said he was making the explosives in order to use them for the Fourth of July, but now his ex-girl friend, Erin Antonietti, an Assistant State’s Attorney, says he was making the explosives to trade for methamphetamines, according to the Sun-Times.
Circuit court Judge James Brown set bail for DelCarlo at $225,000. DelCarlo is currently on probation for a January conviction for possession of ammunition without a valid permit, and possession of an unregistered handgun.
