Police find homemade bomb in Nebraska Hormel plant

March 31, 2010
Device reportedly found inside an employee's locker

FREMONT, Neb. --

Investigators said they found a homemade bomb inside an employee's locker at the Hormel plant in Fremont on Monday.

Authorities from Dodge County and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives removed the bomb Monday morning and took it outside to a parking lot across the street.

State patrol technicians used a bomb robot to disable the device. No one was injured.

An employee was taken into custody for questioning and will be the subject of a criminal investigation by the ATF, the state patrol said.

Troopers blocked access to the plant throughout the day.

Cops Find Homemade Bomb In Hormel Plant

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