Boise businesses evacuated due to bomb scare
06:54 PM MST on Thursday, March 11, 2004
BOISE – Boise Police have evacuated two businesses and three homes Thursday morning in the 1500 block of Vista Avenue and blocked traffic between Overland and Kootenai roads because of a bomb scare in the area.
Boise Police spokeswoman Lynn Hightower said the move was taken as a precaution after a suspicious device was discovered by a passerby between the Maytag Laundromat and the Wells Fargo Bank near the intersection of Overland Road and Vista Avenue.
Police evacuated all people working and living within a 300 foot radius of the device.
Hightower said there were no threats to any persons or businesses in the area, and they may never know for sure if the device contains explosives. The bomb squad was called in to detonate the device, which was done without incident.
http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-mar1104-bomb_detonated.764b1796.htmlString of mailbox bombings in Palm Springs
Today at five, we told you about a string of mailbox bombings in south Palm Springs. But neighbors say they're not laughing at these pranks. These crude plastic bombs can be really dangerous.
It's happened four times in the last month, all in this same neighborhood in the southern end of Palm Springs. Mailbox bombs going off right outside people's front doors. No one's been hurt, but residents are fed up.(snipped)
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