MERIDIAN - Meridian Police say a suspicious device left in the Redstone Springs business complex near Franklin Road and Stratford has turned to be a door stop.
Police say an employee arrived to work around 7:15 a.m. and found what looked like a pipe bomb in the doorway of the building.
The complex is home to about a dozen businesses.
Bomb techs were called to the area and are sending a robot in to remove the device.
About 25 people were evacuated to another building about 100 yards away.
Shortly after 10 a.m., a man returned to the building and told police the device was a doorstop he was using while moving furniture out of the building over the weekend.
"When we got here we found a piece of PVC pipe about 4" in diameter about 15" long , it had some end caps that were glue onto it, it resembled a pipe bomb so basically at that point what we did was we called out the Boise Bomb Squad. They came down we were able to figure out that it was a piece of PVC pipe that had been filled with sand and some people were moving this weekend, using it as a door stop," said Meridian Police Sgt Stacey Arnold.
Police did not cite the man who claimed the device. He says it was all a misunderstanding.
People at the business complex returned to work.
