Bag Soaked With Chihuahua Urine Draws Bomb Squad Outside Long Island Court

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. -- A dog that wasn't quite housebroken may have indirectly been responsible for a bomb scare at a New York courthouse.

The trouble began Friday when 19-year-old Melvin Ruffin arrived at a court complex in Central Islip following a long bus ride from his home in Bellport.

During the trip, another passenger's Chihuahua urinated on his backpack.

So, he stashed the wet bag in some bushes while he went inside to answer a disorderly conduct citation.

But then a retired police officer saw the bag and alerted security.

The bomb squad was ultimately called in. Officers used a robot to determine that the bag didn't contain anything harmful.

Ruffin tells Newsday that authorities let him off with a warning to be more careful next time about where he left his stuff.

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Comments

[one tequila two tequila]

09:18 AM on 05/17/2011

America is in lock down mode

[dadw5boys]

03:51 AM on 05/17/2011

The are allowing dogs in local stores here !

Watch prices go up as dogs urniate on items cmaking them unsaleable.

[PDXTransplant]

07:07 PM on 05/16/2011

First off I'm glad it was just a urine soaked backpack and nothing else. We are never going to be the same this is for sure. I love the Chihuahua he looks like my daughter's little guy Angel.

[JoshLSmith]

04:10 PM on 05/16/2011

Maybe not the smartest place to put it, but maybe they overreacted?