Unattended vehicle prompts brief lockdown at Rose Bowl

Compound locked down for hour and a half while police found registered owner
Jan. 4, 2011

PASADENA, Cal. -- An unattended vehicle prompted a brief lockdown at the Rose Bowl on Friday night in Pasadena, California.

Officers doing a security sweep of the area found the vehicle.

Bomb-sniffing dogs were brought to the scene, as well as a bomb-detection robot.

Nobody was able to leave or enter the compound for an hour and a half.

Police found the registered owner of the vehicle, and deemed it a false alarm.

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