"I thought I missed the blue-light special," he said.
Not exactly.
Mr. Desautels just missed a homemade explosive device going off inside the store.
According to witness reports, three young people apparently entered the store with some sort of homemade bomb-like device in what one witness said was a pop bottle.
In the rear corner of the store they set it down and it went...
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vary familure - 2008-02-12 08:07:40
Sounds like the same bunch that set off the same type of device outside subway in Severna park last year. 2 teen boys and a girl. I dont think they were cought then but I would bet it was the same bunch.
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