Bomb squad detonates homemade firework in Turlock

TURLOCK — It was a homemade firework that brought the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department bomb squad to Pedretti Park just after noon on Wednesday.

City workers located a suspicious object by the park’s picnic area on N. Tegner Road and called Turlock police. It was a 10-inch cylinder with electrical tape wrapped around it.

The bomb squad detonated the device.

This story was originally published July 2, 2009 at 8:19 AM with the headline "Bomb squad detonates homemade firework in Turlock."