PORTLAND, OREGON – The Portland bomb squad was called to the Washington County jail this afternoon after a suspicious package was found near the entrance, authorities said.
The device, metal and cylindrical, was found in a bag, according to Sgt. Vance Stimler, a spokesman for the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.
Officials had closed down a section of Southwest Adams Street while the bomb squad worked only to discover that the object was a titanium prosthetic leg, Stimler said. He added with a laugh, “Crisis averted.”
