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April 24, 2006

'Suspicious' items by federal court just coffee urns

PROVIDENCE -- The state fire marshal’s bomb squad has cleared the scene downtown after investigating a report of a suspicious article outside the federal court building early this morning and finding nothing amiss, according to Lt. John Blessing in the fire marshal’s office.

The fire marshal’s office, which oversees the bomb squad, got a call from Providence Police at about 7:45 a.m. reporting suspicious articles outside U.S. District Court, at One Exchange Terrace, Blessing said.

Two bomb squad technicians found two plastic coffee containers about 10 feet from the entrance to the court on Kennedy Plaza, Blessing said. Technicians x-rayed the containers and found no type of explosives.

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 9:01 AM | Permalink

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