By Tom Geyer/ QUAD-CITY TIMES/ May 3, 2002
Authorities in Quad-City region counties are warning against opening mailboxes after the discovery of nine pipe bombs in rural mailboxes in Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois.
"I don't want kids getting off the bus and opening the mailbox, or people coming home from work and opening their mailbox. Don't touch your mailbox until futher notice," Carroll County Sheriff Rod Herrick said at 3:30 p.m. today.
FBI, state and local police are investigating the discovery of nine pipe bombs in Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois mailboxes today, with at least one exploding in Cedar County, Iowa, injuring a woman.
Scott County Sheriff's Capt. Terry Glandon confirmed bombs found in Dubuque, Cedar, Jones and Scott counties in Iowa and Carroll and Whiteside counties in Illinois.
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the U.S. Postal Inspector's office are assisting in the investigation.