'Suspicious device' on NJ Transit bus was a clock, police say

NJ Advance Media ^ | December 10, 2015 | Alex Napoliello

[arl295]

MARLBORO — The suspicious device that prompted an evacuation of an NJ Transit bus Thursday morning on Route 9 was a small travel clock, police said.

The bus was on its way to Lakewood from Newark when Marlboro police stopped it at around 8:30 a.m. on Route 9 near Robertsville Road, said Jim Smith, a NJ Transit spokesman.

As passengers were exiting the bus at various stops along the route, several people alerted the driver that they noticed a suspicious device on the lap of a man, Marlboro police chief Bruce Hall said.

Hall said the man had just got off a flight from Israel and was heading to see his family in Lakewood, and had a clock on top of his lap that he was using to tell time.

[arl295]

Its good to report a Jewish man with a clock, but a Muslim kid with a "clock" is a no-no

I don't expect him to receive an invitation to the Whitehouse

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Tick-Tock...

[Bob434]

ahmed probably left it there- hoping for another 15 million dollar lawsuit

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Has Microsoft given him an X-box yet?

[golux]

PANIC!
APOLOGIES!
PANIC!
MICRO-AGGRESSION ALERT!
ANYTHING BUT BUCKING UP AND BEING AN AMERICAN!

[Argus]

Dammit you beat me to it.

[sten]

[Vendome]

[Heart-Rest]

This suspicious looking guy was seen lurking around the bus depot at the time of the incident...

[traumer]

[Sarah Barracuda]

If this guy got off of an El Al flight the feds had absolutely NOTHING to worry about. El Al has the best security its the only way to fly :-)

[ViLaLuz]

Welcome, beardless dancing boy.

[onedoug]

Too many clocks. Until....