Stories tagged with "bomb squad"

Worker finds grenade in wall of LaPorte home by indystar

LAPORTE, Ind. — A worker tearing out drywall found a hand grenade inside the wall of a home being remodeled in LaPorte. Police Capt. Larry Sheets says the grenade appears to... – Sep 23, 2009 at 7:15 AM in News

Unattended bag ties up Downtown traffic by John Tuohy

An unattended bag in front of Citizen’s Gas disrupted rush hour traffic today while Indianapolis metropolitan police investigated. Police and Citizen’s Gas spokesman Dan Considine... – Sep 14, 2009 at 8:54 AM in Communities

Valpo museum removes Civil War grenade by indystar

VALPARAISO, Ind. — A bomb squad carefully removed a Civil War-era relic from the Porter County Museum after determining that it could be an explosive grenade. The metal ball and... – Apr 21, 2009 at 8:22 AM in Communities

Police investigate bomb threat at Purdue by indystar

The Tippecanoe County bomb squad was called to Purdue University’s campus Sunday night when several threats were called into campus police. Police evacuated the Mechanical... – Feb 16, 2009 at 7:39 AM in News

Knoxville: 'Wardrobe girl' put prop grenade in bag by The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Johnny Knoxville jokes that he was worried airport security brought out a bomb-sniffing dog because he was carrying one of his movies. It was a prop... – Jan 16, 2009 at 4:31 PM in Entertainment

Knoxville detained for inert grenade at airport by The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Authorities detained Johnny Knoxville on Thursday for allegedly bringing an inert grenade into Los Angeles International Airport. After security... – Jan 15, 2009 at 6:01 PM in Entertainment

Bomb squad removes box at Purdue by indystar

A bomb squad removed a box of reloading supplies and black powder foundThe Armory, near Third and University streets, was evacuated after the box was found and traffic was... – Nov 17, 2008 at 12:31 PM in Communities