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Bomb Squad Searches Ft. Collins Police Department

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4)- The Fort Collins Police Department was forced to shut down for several hours Wednesday afternoon when a woman walked inside and claimed to have explosives.

The woman walked in carrying a microwave, claiming her ex-boyfriend had planted a bomb inside. Police called the bomb squad.

Investigators X-rayed the microwave and found no explosives inside.

The police department reopened a few hours later and resumed normal operations.

The woman carrying the microwave has not been charged.

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