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Updated: 3:02 p.m. Thursday, June 28, 2012 | Posted: 12:58 p.m. Thursday, June 28, 2012

'Suspicious device' near federal court detonated

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Chuck Hamlin
Bomb Squad at Bankruptcy Court

Staff Report

DAYTON, Ohio —

Police said the bomb squad detonated a suspicious device that was found near the Federal Bankruptcy Court on West Third Street Thursday.

The suspicious package was found between the court building and an adjacent hotel, according to reports. The device was detonated at 1:01 p.m.

The bomb squad is working to determine what the device was.

West Third Street is closed between Wilkinson and Ludlow streets, and Ludlow and Wilkinson are also closed between West Third Street and Fourth streets.

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