The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department bomb squad Friday deactivated a pipe bomb found in the trunk of a vehicle parked at a wrecking yard in Graham.
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department bomb squad Friday deactivated a pipe bomb found in the trunk of a vehicle parked at a wrecking yard in Graham.
Deputies responded to the 21400 block of state Route 161 after wrecking-yard employees found the suspected bomb about 4 p.m. Thursday.
The explosive had a fuse and was made with steel pipe, sheriff’s detective Sgt. Jerry Bates said.
Officials were working to determine where it came from.
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A Texas paramedic who helped evacuate people on the night of the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in West has been charged with possessing bomb-making materials, including a pipe and chemicals.
A bomb scare closed the rest area near the Vernita Bridge in northern Benton County for several hours Saturday.
A visitor to the rest area on Highway 24 found what looked like a pipe bomb in the bathroom around 10 a.m., according to information from the Washington State Patrol.
The Washington Department of Transportation shut down the area while a bomb squad from the state patrol destroyed the suspected bomb. The rest area was reopened just before 1:30 p.m.
Spokane police say that an item initially described by a passer-by as looking like a pipe bomb turned out to be a marijuana accessory.
A 10-year-old boy was questioned by sheriff’s deputies Monday morning on suspicion he left a hoax bomb threat on the grounds of East Olympia Elementary School in the 8700 block of Rich Road about 8:15 a.m.
A 19-year-old man suspected of sending threats of a “blood bath” at Kentwood High School in Covington last month was arrested over the weekend, the King County Sheriff’s Office said Monday.
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