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Bomb Squad Responds For Object Found In Woods

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Tom Sofield
A Bucks County Rangers patrol vehicle. File photo. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

A scare in Middletown Township on Sunday afternoon was resolved without incident after a suspected grenade turned out to be a discarded smoke bomb, officials said.

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The situation began around 12:30 p.m. when a 9-1-1 caller reported finding what appeared to be a grenade in the county-owned woods behind the Park Plaza Shopping Center and along Bristol-Oxford Valley Road, according to an official.

Responding officers from Middletown Township and the Bucks County Rangers located the suspicious object and a decision was made to call in the Philadelphia Police Department Bomb Squad to assess the object, officials said

As a precaution, police and fire police units cordoned off the area.

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Upon examination, bomb squad experts identified the object as a discarded smoke bomb, officials said.

The area was declared safe, and police and rangers reopened the vicinity shortly afterward.

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Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.