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June 16th 2005
On Thursday June 16th at approximately 10:30 AM North Kingstown Police received a call from a 911 operator alerting police to two calls that they had received concerning the possibility of a pipe bomb being on the SENESCO property located in the Quonset Point Industrial Park. The male caller hung up when the 911 operator connected him with the North Kingstown Police Dispatcher.
The u male caller stated that two pipe bombs may be located on the grounds of the SENESCO shipyard and that another bomb may be delivered this evening. In conjunction with the SENESCO administration all three SENESCO yards within the Quonset Point Industrial Park were immediately evacuated and the RI State Fire Marshall Office and the State Bomb Squad were notified as was Electric Boat Security and the Rhode Island State Police. Electric Boat Security evacuated a portion of their shipyard that borders the main SENESCO yard as a further precaution.
Bomb sniffing dogs from the RI State Bomb Squad, Warwick Police and the State Police were brought in to search all three SENESCO yards. A search of Electric Boat property bordering SENESCO was conducted as a further precaution. All searches failed to turn up any evidence of the bombs the caller mentioned. Upon completion of the search SENESCO, employees were sent home for the rest of the day by SENESCO officials.
At this time the North Kingstown Police are actively pursing the investigation as to the identity of the caller Sincerely
_____________________________ Lt. Robert D. Desjarlais Detective Commander |