Hearing set for Wrigley bomb suspect

$PHOTOCREDIT_ON$Associated Press$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$

There’s a hearing about a possible plea deal for a Lebanese immigrant accused of placing a backpack he thought contained a bomb near Chicago’s Wrigley Field last year.

At the hearing Tuesday, Judge Robert Gettleman is expected to consider striking a Feb. 6 trial date amid indications of progress between prosecutors and defense lawyers in resolving the case.

Prosecutors didn’t provide details when they said in a filing last week that “the parties now believe that this matter will be resolved without a trial.”

Sami Samir Hassoun had earlier pleaded not guilty, including to attempted use a weapon of mass destruction.

Prosecutors accuse him of taking a fake bomb given to him by undercover FBI agents, then dropping it in a trash bin near the home of the Chicago Cubs.