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(NEW UPDATE) Police Explode Bomb In Haverhill, Scene Cleared; Man In Custody (NEW UPDATE) Police Explode Bomb In Haverhill, Scene Cleared; Man In Custody
(NEW Update) Police Explode Bomb In Haverhill, Scene Cleared; Man In Custody New Update: Residents near Rosebud Avenue are allowed to return to their homes after police said they destroyed a bomb at a house near there. Police had evacuated the area for hours as they searched for more explosives.  Original: A state police bomb squad destroyed an explosive device at a Haverhill home on Friday, June 28.  Police were called to 5 Rosebud Ave. around 8 a.m. to investigate reports that someone found an incendiary device. At 1 p.m., Haverhill police said they had destroyed the device in a controlled explosion.  Police originally reported they found two …

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by Josh Lanier
News
Mistrial Declared In Case Of Attempt To Blow Up Jewish Nursing Home Mistrial Declared In Case Of Attempt To Blow Up Jewish Nursing Home
Mistrial Declared In Case Of Attempt To Blow Up Jewish Nursing Home A mistrial has been declared in the case of a local man accused of trying to blow up a Jewish nursing home. On Monday, Nov. 23, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Mastroianni dismissed the jury in the trial against John M. Rathbun, of East Longmeadow, after they failed to reach a verdict on two out of three charges facing Rathbun, according to WWLP. Rathbun allegedly made an explosive device and left it outside Ruth’s House, an assisted living facility in Longmeadow, on April 2. No one was injured in the incident. Rathbun’s lawyer has asked for his client’s release. A judge is scheduled to he…

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by Kristin Palpini