SALEM Ore. (KPTV) – Salem police deactivated an explosive device that looked like a pipe bomb in a park on Thursday afternoon, police said.
Shortly before 2:30 p.m., a community member reported finding a bomb on a bench in Geer Park.
Officers closed off the area and called in the bomb squad. They used robots and a drone to check the device, which technicians determined was likely a modified commercial-grade firework…