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Suspicious Windsor package blown up by sheriff’s bomb squad turns out to be chocolates
Press Democrat ^ | 29 Feb 2016 | RANDI ROSSMANN

Posted on 02/29/2016 12:33:46 PM PST by rey

A suspicious package wrapped like a present found Monday morning near the Windsor Town Green was blasted apart with water by the sheriff’s bomb squad, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office.

It turned out to be a box of chocolates from the gourmet food company, Harry and David.

A person reported the box at 9:35 a.m., telling Windsor officers they’d seen it in a planter box near the town library. The person had lifted it and felt it was heavy, Windsor Police Chief Chris Spallino said.

“It was wrapped like a Christmas present with a bow on it,” Spallino said.

Officers evacuated that area of the public green, including a few people walking their dogs and maintenance workers, the chief said.

Members of the Sonoma County sheriff’s bomb squad donned protective gear and x-rayed the box where it sat but couldn’t get a clear vision of all of it.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Cecile Focha said the deputies determined it was unlikely the box was dangerous and used a blast of water to break it apart.

“It was a package of candy. Chocolates,” Spallino said.

Focha said the response lasted less than an hour. “While it ended up being nothing dangerous, we couldn’t possibly know that without responding in a responsible manner,” she said in a news release.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bombsquad; eod; windsor

1 posted on 02/29/2016 12:33:46 PM PST by rey
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To: rey

Yum,hot fudge sauce !

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2 posted on 02/29/2016 12:34:35 PM PST by Mears
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I hope that Harry&David step up to replace this tragedy!


3 posted on 02/29/2016 12:36:22 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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Praline What's this one: 'Spring Surprise'?

Milton Ah - now, that's our speciality - covered with darkest creamy chocolate. When you pop it into your mouth steel bolts spring out and plunge straight through both cheeks.

4 posted on 02/29/2016 12:36:37 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: rey

That’s a terrible thing to do to chocolate.


5 posted on 02/29/2016 12:37:19 PM PST by No Socialist
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To: rey

Ya never know what ya gon’ get.


6 posted on 02/29/2016 12:38:17 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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Windsor is an incorporated town in Sonoma County, California. It is situated north of Santa Rosa. The population was 26,801 as of the 2010 census.


7 posted on 02/29/2016 12:39:23 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT (https://www.facebook.com/Maine-for-Ted-Cruz-45-1557032807909913/)
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To: rey

Good move for the diabetics on the force! lol


8 posted on 02/29/2016 12:45:22 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote is going to Cruz.)
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Who compensates the legitimate owner for the result of the unfounded suspicion?


9 posted on 02/29/2016 1:05:57 PM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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They needed killin


10 posted on 02/29/2016 1:21:58 PM PST by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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Love that sketch!


11 posted on 02/29/2016 3:34:03 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: rey

Forrest Gump, White Courtesy Phone. We uhh found your box of chocolates.


12 posted on 02/29/2016 3:50:45 PM PST by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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