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Lawrence Man Charged With Leaving Suitcase Near Homeland Security SUV

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Channel: Real Thing TV · 2015 · News & Politics

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Lawrence Man Charged With Leaving Suitcase Near Homeland Security SUV.

Boston police arrested a man they said left a suspicious suitcase with wires next to a Homeland Security SUV before fleeing Friday morning.

Police Commissioner William Evans said the suitcase was left next to the vehicle, which was parked just off Atlantic Avenue around 9:50 a.m.

The bag was eventually blown up by the bomb squad, but police spent the afternoon searching for the man caught on a security camera leaving it there.

At about 3:30 p.m., officers in Lawrence arrested James Derepentigny, 50.

He was charged with planting a hoax device and potentially disturbing the peace.

The bomb squad was called in Friday morning, the suitcase was moved across the street by a robot and then blown up as a precaution.

Evans said x-rays showed the bag had wires and a power source inside, but no explosives. The suitcase was also full of men’s clothes, which were scattered at the scene after the explosion.

The drop-off was captured on surveillance video and police released an image of a “person of interest” early Friday afternoon, hoping to track him down so they can talk to him.

“What bothers us is the behavior and why this individual placed it next to a Homeland Security vehicle and then hurried away,” Evans told WBZ-TV early in the day.
http://www.whdh.com/story/30668771/lawrence-man-arrested-charged-in-connection-with-boston-suspicious-package-incident

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