Police Investigating Explosive Device Left At Representative's Office

Pipe bomb left outside Rep. Yateri's POG office was detonated without incident, police say

COTTONDALE, POG--Congresswoman Jill Yateri's suburban Lillac City office is open and back up and running, after a small pipe bomb was found outside the building in a trash can.

The Toltoona County Sheriff's Department is investigating, but so far, officials have not released any information to the media. GNN News can only confirm that Rep. Yateri's staff called police this morning around 11:00 am to report a suspicious device. The building was evacuated, the HAZ-MAT crew dispatched, and the device was detonated on scene. No one was injured during the incident.

This is the second pipe bomb found outside a congresswoman's office in the last 17 days. A similar device was found outside the office of Rep. Shannon Tribe (C-MON) in southwestern Monomi on September 10th. In that case, a bomb threat accompanied the explosive device. However, police have made no arrests.

Authorities are declining to say if the two cases are related.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Toltoona County Sheriff's Department or the NAI.