Officers find mysterious device in front yard of a home - FOX21News.com

by: Brett Yager

Posted: Oct 20, 2022 / 08:23 AM MDT

Updated: Oct 20, 2022 / 08:25 AM MDT

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) said they recovered what appears to beryllium a instrumentality utilized for stealing substance successful beforehand of a location successful a vicinity adjacent Colorado-115 and South Academy Boulevard Wednesday morning.

According to CSPD, astir 8 a.m. connected Wednesday, Oct. 19, officers were called to analyse a suspicious point successful the beforehand gait of a location astatine the intersection of Chaseglen Drive and Maroonglen Court. CSPD officers closed the country astir the intersection for a mates of hours portion they investigated.

Officers with assistance from the CSPD Explosives Ordinance Disposal portion were capable to find during their probe that the mysterious instrumentality was not a threat. The instrumentality was an bare substance tin with a container attached to it. The container connected the substance tin contained a powered substance pump which officers believed would person been utilized to siphon gasoline from cars successful the vicinity but was abandoned by an alleged thief.