‘Ticking sound’ winds up being a clock, not a bomb, in USPS mailbox
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A bomb squad called in to investigate a loud ticking sound emanating from a U.S. Postal Service mailbox in Westlake did not find any explosives Monday, instead finding a more obvious explanation -- a clock.
Authorities were called just before 7 a.m. by a pedestrian who walked by the mailbox near the intersection of James M. Wood Boulevard and Blaine Street and heard a loud ticking noise, said Los Angeles Police Lt. Orlando Chandler.
When a bomb squad responded to the mailbox to investigate, it “turned out to be an alarm clock,” Chandler said.
The situation was cleared in about two hours.
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