Mount Vernon Police are investigating after an dangerous donation turned up at a local church. Police Lt. Dave Shackleton says officers were called to a report of a possible explosive found at the church on E. Evergreen Street around 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 29.
An employee had discovered what they believed to be a tennis ball bomb in the church’s donation bin. The Bellingham Police Department’s (BPD) Hazardous Device Unit (HDU) arrived around 6:00 p.m. to help collect the object. BPD Lt. Claudia Murphy says the HDU confirmed it to be an improvised explosive device and safely disposed of it.
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Source: My Bellingham Now
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