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Police blow up suspicious device in Marysville (video)

Published 1:30 am Monday, August 8, 2016

By Herald Staff

Police blow up suspicious device in Marysville (video)
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Police blow up suspicious device in Marysville (video)
The bomb squad robot rolls toward the Marysville Municipal Court building to check out a suspicious package. (Marysville Police Dept.)

MARYSVILLE — A police bomb squad destroyed a suspicious package discovered Monday near the municipal court at 1015 State Ave.

The device was inside a satchel, and it apparently was meant to look like a bomb, Marysville police Cmdr. Robb Lamoureux said.

A court bailiff spotted the satchel about 8:45 a.m. The court’s morning calendar was canceled and the state bomb squad was summoned.

A robot was used to destroy the object with “controlled detonation” about three hours later.

The investigation is ongoing. The court was scheduled to reopen for afternoon hearings, Lamoureux said.

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