Mount Pleasant Kroger experiences false bomb threat
Anyone driving past Kroger on Saturday may have thought a potential terrorist plot was unfolding.
Turns out it was just some crack filler.
Troopers from the Michigan State Police, the Mount Pleasant Fire Department and two bomb squad vehicles were called Saturday afternoon to Kroger, 4080 E. Bluegrass Road, only to find what was described as a milk carton full of concrete crack filler.
It was first feared some sort of makeshift fuse may have been wrapped up in duct tape to the item, said Michigan State Police Sgt. David Kaiser.
State troopers were called to the scene at 3:05 p.m., and bomb squad vehicles from Grayling and Bridgeport also arrived to investigate the situation, which ended up being a false alarm.
Kroger employees and shoppers watched as police set tape around the front of the store.
Bomb squad officers sent a remote-controlled robot into the area where the carton was to take x-rays.
Based on the robot’s findings, it did appear there was something within the carton.
Then, a bomb squad member inspected the carton himself and discovered only the crack filler substance, not a fuse, was present inside.
The tape was cleared just before 7 p.m. after it was determined the item posed no imminent danger.
“Everything appears safe and people will be let back in,” Kaiser said Saturday.
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