Crime & Safety

Bomb Squad Called To Beverly Police Station For Suspicious Device

Beverly Police Chief John LeLacheur the device was brought in by a resident who found it while doing junk removal at his house.

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"Police urge anyone who finds a possible incendiary device to call police from their current location, and not to bring such devices to the police station." - Beverly Police Chief John LeLacheuer
"Police urge anyone who finds a possible incendiary device to call police from their current location, and not to bring such devices to the police station." - Beverly Police Chief John LeLacheuer (Haley Cornell/Patch)

DANVERS, MA — The State Police bomb squad was called to the Beverly Police Station on Friday after a resident brought in a suspected incendiary device.

Beverly Police Chief John LeLacheur said the resident brought the device to the station at about 4:15 p.m. after finding it while conducting junk removal at his home.

"It appears the device is just a training aid, but out of an abundance of caution Beverly Police requested assistance from the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad, which is responding to safely dispose of the device," LeLacheur said in a statement. "Police urge anyone who finds a possible incendiary device to call police from their current location, and not to bring such devices to the police station."

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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)

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