A sheriff’s bomb squad unit determined Wednesday that a potential explosive device found in Desert Hot Springs was harmless.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Hazardous Device Team was deployed about 3:30 p.m. to the 16900 block of Camino Mirasol Drive on a report that somebody had found a suspicious device in the area.
Sgt. Lionel Murphy said bomb squad personnel “determined the device was inert, not active and not a danger,” adding it probably had been kept as memorabilia.
Additional information about the investigation or initial report was not released.
