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Pipe bomb in Old City was a hoax

A horde of law-enforcement forces rushed to 3rd and Chestnut streets Monday when a suspected pipe bomb was found outside the First Bank of the United States building.

A horde of law-enforcement forces rushed to 3rd and Chestnut streets Monday when a suspected pipe bomb was found outside the First Bank of the United States building.

Members of the police Bomb Squad Unit determined the device, a pipe with wires attached, was a hoax, cops said.

No one was injured.