Liberty City Hall evacuated after workers find pipe bomb

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) -- Liberty City Hall is evacuated after public works employees recovered what appears to be a pipe bomb and took it to police headquarters inside city hall.

Police ordered sand bags and cleared parking lots within 100 yards of the building. Police Lt. Mark Misenhalter said the workers found the device at about 9 a.m. in a rural area of the city and brought it to police at city hall.

As a precaution, officials evacuated city hall. Misenhalter said the Kansas City bomb and arson unit was summoned to examine the device and possibly destroy it.

At one point, the nearby courthouse known as the James S. Rooney Justice Center was evacuated but the occupants were allowed to return to their offices.

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