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Explosive Find In Mass Has Construction Workers, Police Scrambling Explosive Find In Mass Has Construction Workers, Police Scrambling
Explosive Find In Mass Has Construction Workers, Police Scrambling Construction workers in Waltham got a scare on Monday, Nov. 27, when they found a cache of unexploded cannon balls buried on a job site.  Workers were on a job site at 41 Foundry Avenue when they found the 12 potentially explosive cannonballs, Massachusetts State Police said. The unexploded ordinances were found inside a pipe that workers uncovered.  The Waltham Police and Fire Departments responded, as did members of the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad, the Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Team from the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services, and an ATF agent all s…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Bomb Threat At Massachusetts Courthouse Forces Evacuation (DEVELOPING) Bomb Threat At Massachusetts Courthouse Forces Evacuation (DEVELOPING)
Bomb Threat At Massachusetts Courthouse Forces Evacuation (Developing) The Middlesex Courthouse in Woburn returned to normal around noon on Thursday, Aug. 25, after a bomb threat forced state troopers to evacuate the building, reports said.  The bomb threat came in around 10 a.m. Police did not go into detail about how the threat was made, but troopers took it as credible enough to evacuate the building.  The bomb squad began sweeping the building around 10:30 a.m., officials said. Techs gave the all-clear after more than an hour of searching, NBC Boston reported.  MSP detectives and Bomb Squad on scene at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn for a bomb thr…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Massachusetts State Police Help Safely Detonate Civil War-Era Cannonball Massachusetts State Police Help Safely Detonate Civil War-Era Cannonball
Massachusetts State Police Help Safely Detonate Civil War-Era Cannonball A family from Mansfield made an unexpected discovery while they were cleaning out the home of their deceased father: a cannonball from the Civil War!  Upon discovering the relic, the family called the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad, Mansfield Police said on Facebook.  Earlier this evening, officers were called to a residence on Charlene Dr. when family members cleaning the home of their... Posted by Mansfield, MA Police Department on Thursday, July 7, 2022 An x-ray of the munition revealed an unknown substance inside that required it to be safely detonated. This occurred at an M…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Possible Grenade Found Buried In Yard In Region Possible Grenade Found Buried In Yard In Region
Possible Grenade Found Buried In Yard In Region Authorities are investigating after a possible grenade was found buried in a yard in Connecticut.  Police in Hartford County responded to a location on Troy Road in South Windsor at about 2:45 p.m. on Monday, April 18, according to the South Windsor Police Department.  A man, who was checking the property with a metal detector, reported that he found what appeared to be a grenade buried about a foot under the grass in the front yard, police said.  Police evacuated the area and closed Troy Road between Rye Street and Brookfield Street. The Hartford Police Department's Bomb S…

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by Nicole Valinote
Schools
Bomb Threat Leads To Shelter-In-Place Order At Smith College Bomb Threat Leads To Shelter-In-Place Order At Smith College
Bomb Threat Leads To Shelter-In-Place Order At Smith College A bomb threat led to police locking down Smith College in Western Massachusetts, which issued a shelter-in-place order to start the day. Shortly before 6:15 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 28 in Hampshire County, Smith College in Northampton announced that the threat had been made against Burton Hall, which sits in the heart of the campus. Police said that the threat included an anonymous report of multiple explosive devices at Burton Hall that was made at 5:02 a.m. on Friday morning. In response, students were advised to avoid that area of the campus, and a shelter-in-place order was issued approxim…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Suspicious Package In Hartford Turns Out To Be Medical Kit, Police Say Suspicious Package In Hartford Turns Out To Be Medical Kit, Police Say
Suspicious Package In Hartford Turns Out To Be Medical Kit, Police Say A suspicious package found at a Connecticut adult day treatment center turned out to be a medical kit. The package was found at the Institute of Living at 200 Retreat Ave., in Hartford on Thursday, April 1, said Hartford Police. Police and the bomb squad responded to the scene to investigate the package. Following an investigation, police said the package turned out to be a medical kit left in a bathroom.

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by Kathy Reakes