BOMB SQUAD DETONATES BOMB FOUND AT PEKIN CITY HALL

Pekin City Hall was evacuated Thursday morning after a pipe bomb was found in a safe. Pekin Public Information Office Billie Ingles said police made a meth-related arrest and confiscated a safe from the suspect’s residence. When police opened the safe, a pipe bomb was found. The city hall building, which also contains the police station, was evacuated. The Peoria Police Bomb Squad arrived and sent a bomb robot has been in to retrieve the device. Members of the Peoria Bomb Squad successfully detonated the bomb. No on was injured