Reward offered for information about explosive device left in Jewish cemetery

<p>Essex County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information on who left a homemade explosive device at a Jewish cemetery.</p>

News 12 Staff

Sep 20, 2018, 12:31 AM

Updated 2,052 days ago

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Reward offered for information about explosive device left in Jewish cemetery
Essex County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information on who left a homemade explosive device at a Jewish cemetery.
Crime Stoppers says that the reward is $5,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment.
The device was discovered over the weekend at the B'Nai Abraham Cemetery on South 19th Street. A security officer evacuated the cemetery after he found a commercial firework attached to a can of lubricant on a headstone.
The bomb squad determined it wasn't live. They turned it over to the FBI.
Anyone with information should call Essex County Sheriff's Crime Stoppers.


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