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September 30, 2005
Calm Down Beavis
Who says legal practice in a small town is dull?
A county courthouse was evacuated Thursday after officials said they found a possible explosive device -- one brought in by an attorney.
The 'dangerous' item was.....ahem....an unexploded firecracker that was to be entered as evidence in a trial.
Sheriff Chuck Medford said a member of the Springdale bomb squad happened to be in the courtroom. The officer viewed the device and ordered an evacuation. Subsequently, the entire Springdale bomb squad was called to detonate the possible explosive object.
Medford said the device did not explode, and it appeared to be what he calls a "conventional explosive device."
Funny, when I was a kid, we called those "duds".
Posted by Rita at September 30, 2005 05:09 AM