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05-25-05, 07:44 PM
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Article published May 25, 2005
Bomb scare caused by plastic device
By SARAH LUNDY
SLUNDY@<hidden>
Plastic molded in the shape of a penis and wrapped in duct tape was the suspicious object that jammed traffic Monday on Interstate 75 and Daniels Parkway, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
"Someone took construction-grade plastic, molded it into a penis and wrapped it with duct tape," said Lee County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Charles Ferrante. "They wrote 'Happy Father's Day' on the duct tape."
The device — discovered by a motorist shortly after 3 p.m. Monday — was first described by the sheriff's office as a prosthetic penis. However, it was later released that it was plastic that had been molded to look like a penis.
Ferrante later spoke with a member of the bomb squad who described it in more detail.
"Somebody molded it to look like a penis," Ferrante said. "It was not detected until the suspicious package was removed."
A motorist called the sheriff's office about a suspicious package on the side of the road under the northbound I-75 overpass.
The object was more than a foot long and looked like a pipe bomb. It was in a location that could have caused structural damage to the overpass had it been an explosive device, authorities said.
Deputies arrived and alerted the bomb squad, which used a robot to dismantle the object so a bomb technician could better examine it.
The north- and southbound lanes of I-75 were closed for about an hour between Alico Road and Colonial Boulevard. Traffic was blocked on Daniels Parkway at the overpass for an hour while the device was removed.
Article published May 25, 2005
Bomb scare caused by plastic device
By SARAH LUNDY
SLUNDY@<hidden>
Plastic molded in the shape of a penis and wrapped in duct tape was the suspicious object that jammed traffic Monday on Interstate 75 and Daniels Parkway, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
"Someone took construction-grade plastic, molded it into a penis and wrapped it with duct tape," said Lee County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Charles Ferrante. "They wrote 'Happy Father's Day' on the duct tape."
The device — discovered by a motorist shortly after 3 p.m. Monday — was first described by the sheriff's office as a prosthetic penis. However, it was later released that it was plastic that had been molded to look like a penis.
Ferrante later spoke with a member of the bomb squad who described it in more detail.
"Somebody molded it to look like a penis," Ferrante said. "It was not detected until the suspicious package was removed."
A motorist called the sheriff's office about a suspicious package on the side of the road under the northbound I-75 overpass.
The object was more than a foot long and looked like a pipe bomb. It was in a location that could have caused structural damage to the overpass had it been an explosive device, authorities said.
Deputies arrived and alerted the bomb squad, which used a robot to dismantle the object so a bomb technician could better examine it.
The north- and southbound lanes of I-75 were closed for about an hour between Alico Road and Colonial Boulevard. Traffic was blocked on Daniels Parkway at the overpass for an hour while the device was removed.