http://www.startribune.com/438/story/181329.htmlLast update: January 13, 2006 – 7:48 AM
Starbucks 'bomb' was really a flashlight
SAN FRANCISCO — Police had said earlier this week that a bomb found in the bathroom of a San Francisco Starbucks could have injured or killed someone if it had exploded.
Now they say it wasn't a bomb at all.
Police say it was a flashlight casing filled with corroded batteries.
A man arrested in the investigation says he found the flashlight on the street and accidentally dropped it in the bathroom.
The man, who says he's homeless, tells a San Francisco TV station he intended no harm. He says he loves that Starbucks because they let him drink coffee for 50 cents.
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