Police Explodes Toy Robot

[Monster]

The Denver Post has an article about a weird incident involving a toy robot.

At first, I almost wanted to create this thread in the jokes forum, but then I realized that a harmless-looking toy robot can contain all kinds of hazards. (chemical/biological/micronukes/bombs etc.)

Quote from the article:

Murray said that suspicious objects do not automatically warrant a call to the bomb squad if patrol officers are able to determine that there is no threat. He said that the robot was strange enough to warrant precautionary measures. In the end, it proved harmless.

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[Brandon]

you can never be to safe

A bomb squad robot was sent it to examine the troublesome robot before a bomb squad officer, dressed in heavy protective gear, took a turn.

Murray said that the bomb squad couldn't be sure if the robot was safe or not, and so remotely detonated it at about 5:30 p.m. to "render it safe." The robot exploded into several chunks.

I bet it was just a kids toy, sounds like a good use of manpower and money..