Suspicious Device, Ammo, Passports Found

August 3, 2009 by national  
Filed under Incident Reports

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Police were called to a home in South Philadelphia where a suspicious device was found. Authorities were called to vacant house located on the 2200 block of McClellan St.

There, police found a possible explosive device with a significant amount of ammunition and passports.

Both the bomb squad and homeland security were called to the scene, but have since left.

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Tucson Police Detonate Suspicious Device At I-10 Underpass

December 20, 2008 by national  
Filed under Homeland Security News

Tucson Police blew up a suspicious device just before noon Friday on Grant Road at Interstate Ten.

A bicyclist reported seeing something on the underpass sidewalk wrapped in duct tape with wires sticking out of it.

Investigators believe it was a real explosive device.

Police closed off Grant Road at I-10 and the northbound frontage road bomb while teams disposed of the device.

Suspicious Package On Train in North Bergen Was ‘Electronic Device’

September 6, 2008 by national  
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UPDATE: A suspicious packae on a CSX train in North Bergen contained an electronic device that bomb squad officers blasted with a water cannon, and authorities are still trying to determine what it is.

The woman form Florida who called police this morning and said a bomb was on the train later said it was just a hoax, though the bomb squad kept searching the train until they found the package she referred to. Read more

Suspicious Passenger And Device Delays Plane At San Antonio Airport

August 26, 2008 by national  
Filed under Incident Reports

According to an airport spokesperson, a man set to board the plane was stopped at a security checkpoint Tuesday morning because he was carrying an MP3 player that was wrapped in tape and batteries and connected with wires to another electronic device.

Although the MP3 player was cleared, United Airlines requested the plane be swept by security workers and search dogs. Read more