SOAP LAKE, Wash. (27JULY2015) – Grant County Sheriff’s Office reports that on July 19, 2015 at approximately 5:50pm, a homemade bomb was reported at a residence near the 200th block of Moses Lake Avenue (Lakeview area) of Soap Lake. The device, a metal can containing a suspicious “varnish” like liquid, was placed in a resident’s driveway with a tube of lipstick on top.
Richland Bomb Squad was called in for assessment of the scene and device. The device was then destroyed.
There are no suspects at this time, and it is not known if the device would have gone off.
Sheriff Tom Jones said, “Regardless of intent with this device, we take all reports like this very seriously. We want to thank the Richland Bomb Squad for their assistance and safe removal of this suspicious device.”
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Grant County Sheriff’s Office at 509-762-1160, or send information to [email protected]. Tipsters can remain anonymous.
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CR#15GS08433
PR76/AGT2
Sharon Palmerton
Public Information Officer
[email protected]
509-760-6314
Address/Location
Grant County Sheriff's Office
35 C St NW
Ephrata, WA 98823
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 509-754-2011
