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Must See Video: Bond set in Chicago TV studio crash

Updated: 12/26/07 @ 6 PM This was no normal newscast at WLS-TV in Chicago over the weekend when a mini van slammed into the studio during a live broadcast. No one was injured in the Sunday night crash. CHICAGO (AP) -- A man accused of crashing his minivan into a glass-walled Chicago TV studio during the station's late news Sunday is behind bars facing multiple felony charges. At a Christmas Day court hearing, the judge set bond at $125,000 for 25-year-old Gerald Richardson. He's charged with criminal damage to property, resisting arrest, reckless driving and operating a motor vehicle without insurance. No one was injured when police say the van he was driving slammed through the glass wall into the WLS-TV studio. The crash was heard on the air and the news anchor was visibly startled during the newscast. Richardson's attorney says her client has a history of mental health problems. Prosecutors claim the man "wanted to be on the news." Double click the "Play...