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Newport Men Arrested for Pipe Bomb Threat

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NEWPORT, Vt. -

(AP) - Police in Newport City, Vt., have arrested three people in connection with a pipe bomb threat that shut down Route 5 for several hours over the weekend.

      Police say a witness saw three men leave a house with the explosive device, and police stopped the men a short time later Saturday night. Route 5 was closed until the state police bomb squad said it was safe reopen the road at about 10:30 p.m.

           Newport Police confirm the three arrested are 23-three-old Cody Macfarlane, 24-year-old Nathaniel Chaffee and 24-year-old Jonathan Glover, all of Newport, were arrested.

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