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A bomb squad technician readies a robotic vehicle to search a car containing a suspicious device near Othello Wednesday. No actual bomb was found in the vehicle. The item in question was what law enforcement refers to as a distractionary device.

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Bomb squad responds to suspicious device near Othello
November 2, 2022 5:23 p.m.

Bomb squad responds to suspicious device near Othello

OTHELLO — The discovery of a suspicious device in a vehicle belonging to a fugitive led to the evacuation of some residences in the 300 block of South Reynolds Road north of Othello Wednesday afternoon. Adams County Sheriff Dale Wagner said the suspect, Nicholas Romero-Rivera, 34, Othello was still at large as of Wednesday. He is being sought in connection with an incident Oct. 28. “We’re still looking for him,” Wagner said in a later interview...