Ill-advised bottle removal in Mission Viejo*

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In this morning’s OC Register: Suspicious object destroyed in Mission Viejo:

A Best Buy store was evacuated and shut down for more than four hours Saturday after a clerk found a suspicious device that a bomb squad later determined to be harmless, authorities said.

A clerk found the object—described as a water bottle with duct tape and wires—about 4 p.m., and removed it by hand from the store, an act officials called ill-advised. The Best Buy and several adjoining stores in the 25000 block of El Paseo were evacuated.

The Sheriff's Department bomb squad inspected the device with a robot and, about 8 p.m., destroyed it with a water cannon, said Sheriff's Lt. Lee Trujillo. Investigators determined the object was not an explosive and are treating the incident as a hoax.

No threats have been received, and there are no suspects,Trujillo said.

*All photos are artists' deconstructions