Bomb Squad Checks Out Suspicious Item On Miami Beach
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — False alarm.
The Miami Beach police department's Bomb Squad was called into action Wednesday after a suspicious item was spotted on a sidewalk in a neighborhood.
The object, described as small pressure cooker, was found by a fence in the 7900 block of Carlyle Avenue.
As a precaution 78th through 80th streets along Byron, Carlyle and Dickens avenues were closed to traffic. Also the Yeshiva Elementary School in the area was placed on a precautionary lockdown.
Members of the city's bomb squad suited up and gave the package a once over. They then used a remote device to determine if it was explosive. It wasn't.
The all clear was then given and the lockdown was lifted.
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