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UPDATE: Bomb scare evacuates parts of Henderson

Bomb was a phony

UPDATE: State Police explosive experts determined that the suspicious object that led to the evacuation of parts of Henderson Monday morning was a flashlight and other objects apparently combined to mimic a pipe bomb.
The object was not dangerous, but that doesn't mean whoever place it in the grocery cart at Hebert's is not in big trouble.
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HazMat experts from Louisiana State Police are in Henderson inspecting a "suspicious device" found in a grocery cart at Hebert's in Henderson.
Maj. Ginny Higgins with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office said the object was reported around 10:30 a.m. Monday.
"As standard procedure warrants, the immediate area was evacuated," Higgins said.
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