SHORTLY after ceremonies ended Tuesday to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, two backpacks in the area of the Boylston Street finish line raised concerns of police, who evacuated the neighborhood.
The Boston Police Department called in the bomb squad and performed what is known as a “controlled disruption” of the bags, police department spokesman David Estrada said.
Police arrested a man who is the owner of the bags, Estrada said, although later police reports indicated the man owned only one of the backpacks. Police charged the man with possession of a hoax device, disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct.
One of the backpacks held a rice cooker inside, police said.
An officer noticed the man behaving suspiciously and stopped the man, who then dropped his backpack, Police Superintendent Randall Halstead said.
Halstead would not say who might have owned the second backpack or what was inside.
(SD-Agencies)
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