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Vandalism Culminates in Bomb Threat in Knoxville Neighborhood

By Baker Associates

On June 15, a West Hills neighborhood was blocked off by police officers after Knoxville City Councilwoman, Barbara Pelot, reported to the police that she had found a suspicious ticking device in her yard. A bomb squad arrived on the scene and after approximately thirty minutes, they determined that the device was not a bomb, but instead some elaborate prank. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported Pelot as saying that several neighbors had complained beforehand of broken mailboxes, uprooted trees and plants, and landscaping rocks thrown into the streets. Pelot also indicated that there have been no more incidents of vandalism since the fake bomb prank. As any resident can attest, the events that transpired in the West Hills neighborhood are common incidents one can expect when living in the cities and suburbs of East Tennessee...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on July 24, 2009 (boomark / email).