Highlands Ranch On Edge As Suspicious Device Suspect Search Continues
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (CBS4) - Tensions are running high in Highlands Ranch after the bomb squad checked a third device found in a park in less than a week.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Department has stepped up patrols of parks in the city since acid-like explosive devices were found in Dad Clark Park and Marcy Park. In the first incident a device went off and a boy was injured.
On Sunday the bomb squad's robot checked a package found at Paintbrush Park after a deputy spotted it during those increased patrols. It turned out to simply be a sealed envelope filled with paper.
At Paintbrush Park on Sunday resident Patrick Wellman told CBS4 people taking special care to pay attention.
"As parents we need to let our kids know not to pick up things that we're not familiar with, certainly bottles and things like that," Patrick Wellman said.
So far there has not been a suspect description released.