Alachua County Sheriff’s bomb squad destroys hoax bomb near Poe Springs

Sep 22, 2025 9:46 am
The Alachua County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad was dispatched to the Quality Inn in Lake City to investigate a suspicious device on Thursday.
The Alachua County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad destroyed a hoax bomb found off Poe Springs Road on Sunday afternoon.
Courtesy of LCPD

The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) bomb squad destroyed a device that looked like several sticks of dynamite bundled together with a timer attached, which was found off Poe Springs Road in High Springs on Sunday afternoon.

According to an ACSO release, a call was made Sunday afternoon when a suspicious device was discovered on a property in the 27500 block of NW 182nd Avenue (Poe Springs Road). ACSO deputies and the bomb squad responded to the scene and the road was closed and nearby residences evacuated.

The bomb squad inspected and secured the device and discovered it was a hoax. The team destroyed the device, and the road was reopened around 8:24 p.m.

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