Cambridge Police report the bomb squad responded to the Johnston Gate on Mass. Ave. around midnight yesterday on a report of a strange sound coming from a trash can there.
Upon arrival, officers set up a perimeter and conducted an investigation that was determined to be a wrist-watch alarm sounding. The watch was removed and disposed of.
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You sure it wasn't
By Ari O
Wed, 10/20/2021 - 1:50pm
this?
Johnston Gate
By ScottB
Wed, 10/20/2021 - 3:39pm
Not Johnson.
Yes, I see CPD got it wrong, too.
Thanks
By adamg
Wed, 10/20/2021 - 10:34pm
Fixed.
"Disposed of"
By Tim Mc.
Wed, 10/20/2021 - 3:58pm
Chucked back in the same trash can? Did they turn off all the other alarms first? :-)
Is there any evidence that a
By anon
Wed, 10/20/2021 - 4:12pm
Is there any evidence that a beeping noise means there's more likely to be a bomb than a trash can without a beeping noise?
Have you *never* watched TV?
By Lecil
Wed, 10/20/2021 - 5:49pm
Bombs *always* advertise themselves by beeping!
Yeesh!
I wish the authorities would
By anon
Thu, 10/21/2021 - 12:20am
I wish the authorities would haul away trucks that beep outside my window at 6 am.
Also, they're user-friendly enough
By fungwah
Thu, 10/21/2021 - 8:48am
to have big glowing numbers with exactly how much time is left, and to speed up the beeping as it gets closer to detonation. We should all be thankful to terrorists for really thinking through their user-design!
Good trash picking anywhere
By anon
Wed, 10/20/2021 - 7:49pm
Good trash picking anywhere there are residents with best financial status. And remember, there are plenty of hood geniuses with shops everywhere who can clear the data and make brand new.
If it was a Casio F-91W watch
By Don't Panic
Thu, 10/21/2021 - 1:01am
If it was a Casio F-91W watch it may have been a test run.
Anyone wearing that watch
By brianjdamico
Thu, 10/21/2021 - 6:32am
right to Gitmo.
(channeling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiyfwZVAzGw)
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