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    Friday, May 10, 2024

    Waterford police say reported explosive device 'non-functioning'

    Waterford — A state police bomb squad was called here Monday to investigate what was reported to be an explosive device in a parked vehicle.

    Members of the state police Emergency Services Unit Bomb Squad eventually determined the device to be “non-functioning and inert,” Waterford police said in a statement.

    On Monday night police said the device was a "commercially available product" and not homemade but declined to discuss specifics of the device.

    The incident was reported at 12:55 p.m. but Waterford police did not reveal the location of the incident or what type of explosive device was discovered. Police had earlier in the day reported on its Facebook page that Lloyd Road was closed down “due to police activity,” and had anticipated the road being closed for several hours as they dealt with an "item."

    Police, in the statement, said the device was unknowingly transported from an out-of-state location to a residence in Waterford and said “there was no immediate threat to the community and any risk was isolated to the immediate area of the device.”

    The device was seized and a search found no additional dangerous or explosive items, police said in the statement.

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