Suspicious package near Route 17

Posted 8/21/12

MONTICELLO, NY — The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a staffer of the New York Department of Transportation on April 28. The caller said he had found a suspicious black box …

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Suspicious package near Route 17

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MONTICELLO, NY — The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a staffer of the New York Department of Transportation on April 28. The caller said he had found a suspicious black box on the Route 17 overpass by Route 42 in Monticello.

The sheriff’s deputies went to check it out and found “what appeared to be a ‘boom box’ cassette radio with several coils of wire attached to it. A notice left next to the box read, ‘How are you doing Ishmael?’” Deputies immediately cordoned off the area and called for the New York State Police Hazardous Device Unit. A bomb-sniffing K-9 unit responded and examined the package.

Officials decided to detonate the box where it sat, and troopers used a water cannon to smash the box, which the sheriff’s office said would disable any potential explosive.

Upon closer examination it was determined that the box had not contained any explosive devices.

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