CMU Scare Closes Forbes, Ends Up False AlarmPOSTED: 4:46 pm EDT April 19,
2007 PITTSBURGH -- Police removed an item they described as a suspicious cylinder from the campus of Carnegie Mellon University, forcing part of Forbes Avenue in Oakland to be shut down.The 3-foot-long cylinder was found inside a car that Pittsburgh police had followed onto campus early Friday afternoon, spokeswoman Diane Richard said.A police bomb squad examined the cylinder and found that it was not dangerous, Richard said.Police originally began following the car because it matched a description given by an anonymous caller who reported seeing somebody putting something that looked like a bomb inside the vehicle.Joel Chestnutt, a 26-year-old philosophy major, will be charged with disorderly conduct and possession of a facsimile of a weapon of mass destruction, police said. Related Links: More Allegheny County NewsRSS Headlines | Breaking News Alerts Copyright 2007 by ThePittsburghChannel. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
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