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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981 07-20 Maplewood building bombed PIONEER PRESS \JL tea, /ce/ a'li't r/SS' Maplewood building bombed A pipe bomb detonated at the calls before the bomb detonated, Maplewood Muncipal Building, the sergeant said. 1380 Frost Ave., at 12:15 a.m. "Over the years, we've had Sunday, blowing off portions of a countless people threaten this retaining wall, damaging an sort of thing. We take them with electrical box, a van and a po- a grain of salt, but this is unset- liceman's personal motorcycle. tling,"Dreger said. Sgt. Richard Dreger said the Portions of the bomb, Dreger bomb, fashioned from 2-inch said, were found 250 feet from pipe, had been placed on a re- the garage. taining wall next to a brick wall In addition to the police sta- on the southeast corner of the tion, the building contains mu- police garage. nicipal offices, council chambers A police van parked nearby and courtrooms. was dented and an officer's per- Dreger said the Bureau of Al- sonal motorcycle also was dam- cohol, Tobacco and Firearms is aged,Dreger said. assisting Maplewood police in There were no threatening the investigation.