A member of the Boston Bomb Squad inspects a suspicious package before neutralizing it using a water cannon-like device Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007, in Boston. The package was found attached to a girder underneath Interstate 93 near the Sullivan Square subway station.
An MBTA bomb squad member prepares a water cannon to detonate a suspicious device above the Sullivan Square MBTA station in Boston's Charlestown section Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007. Suspicious devices planted near bridges and other spots around Boston forced the shutdown of major roads, a bridge and a stretch of the Charles River before authorities concluded the objects were not bombs.
Officer Joseph Mathews begins to take protective gear off with assistance of fellow bomb squad members after police neutralized a suspicious package using a water cannon-like device Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007, in Boston. The package was found attached to a girder underneath Interstate 93 near the Sullivan Square subway station.
Members of the MBTA police, the Massachusetts State Police and the Boston Bomb Squad respond to a suspicious package found near the Sullivan Square subway station in Boston, Wednesday morning, Jan. 31, 2007. Aadditional suspicious devices, similar in nature to the one found Wednesday morning, were found in different areas of the city. All devices proved to be hoaxes.
Two members of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority police carry a bag of circuit board pieces after a suspicious package containing the boards was detonated by the Boston Bomb Squad near the Sullivan Square subway station in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007. Additional suspicious devices, similar in nature to the one found Wednesday morning, were found in different areas of the city. All devices proved to be hoaxes.
Boston Police Deputy Superintendent Daniel Linskey, right, uses a mobile phone as law enforcement personnel operate a command center at police headquarters, in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007. Several blinking electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday in what turned out to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon.
Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, front right, faces reporters as Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, left, and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, far left, look on during a news conference at police headquarters in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007. Blinking electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city in what turned out to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon.
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley displays photographs during a news conference at Boston Police headquarters in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007. Coakley said the photographs showed the location of blinking electronic devices involved in a hoax that threw a scare into the city Wednesday. The planting of the blinking devices turned out to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon.
This image made from video shows a law enforcement official removing an electronic device from a site in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007. More than 10 electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday in what turned out to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon.
An electronic device is pictured hanging beneath an overpass in Boston, Monday Jan. 15, 2007. The device consists of light emitting diodes on a circuit board forming the shape of a gesturing character which is part of a promotion for a Cartoon Network TV show. Other similar devices, planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday Jan. 31, 2007.
An electronic device that was removed from where it had been hanging beneath an overpass in Boston is seen Monday Jan. 15, 2007. Other similar devices, planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday Jan. 31, 2007. Highways, bridges and a section of the Charles River were shut down and bomb squads were sent in before authorities declared the devices were harmless.
Massachusetts State Police Detective Lt. Martin Foley displays a glowing electronic device at Boston Police headquarters in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007. Officials said the device was one of those planted at various spots in Boston involving a hoax that threw a scare into the city Wednesday. The planting of the blinking devices turned out to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon.
The office door of marketing firm Interference Inc. is shown Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, in New York. The Manhattan firm created the illuminated electronic devices which threw Boston into a scare Wednesday. Turner Broadcasting, a division of Time Warner Inc. and parent of Cartoon Network, said the devices were part of a promotion for the TV show "Aqua Teen Hunger Force."
Sean Stevens, 28, left, and Peter Berdovsky, 27, react during their arraignment in Charlestown District Court in Boston Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007 as they pleaded not guilty to placing a hoax device and disorderly conduct. A judge ordered the two men held on bond for allegedly placing electronic advertising devices around the city, an act that stirred fears of terrorism and shut down parts of Boston on Wednesday.