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Suspicious car at Logan rental-car lot shuts streets, forces evacuation in East Boston
By adamg on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 9:03am
UPDATE: Around 9:30, State Police used a remote-control device to blow open the trunk lid. The trunk was stuffed with crap - clothes, a blanket and pillow, gym weights, a computer monitor, a skateboard, tons of papers, oh, and a two-sided ax, as if the car had been rented by somebody from Hoarders. A trooper in protective gear started pulling the crap out, apparently didn't find anything of interest. A few minutes later, authorities let residents along Maverick Street return to their homes.
Boston and State Police are investigating a suspicious "device" found at a rental-car lot at Logan Airport this morning. About 15 residents living across from the Hertz lot along Maverick Street have been evacuated; nearby streets have been shut, Boston Fire has set up a staging area in Maverick Square.
The MBTA is sending three buses from its Lynn garage to handle evacuees.
Live view from Channel 25 helicopter; shows the robot used by State Police to open the car's trunk.
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Comments
Based on those items, maybe
Based on those items, maybe it's a new student who stashed his stuff and flew home until the dorms or apartment opened up? Or maybe it's someone newly homeless in this economy?
Can get hard to find a storage locker and schedule a moving van right about now.
You win!
The Herald reports the owner of the slobmobile is a BU student from LA:
That's the one reason not to
That's the one reason not to have anons: they can't collect their prize money.