Dedham Police Continue Bomb Scare Threat Investigation [PHOTOS]

After two hours of inspecting a royal blue bag, and other authorities found nothing of danger and reopened the large section of Sprague Street it closed down Monday afternoon.

Police Chief Michael d'Entremont said the department will continue to investigate who across the street from .

"Using their specialized equipment, the [Massachusetts State Police] deemed the suspicious item to be non-threatening," d'Entremont stated in a media release.

Authorities set-up a remote controlled robot in the back parking lot of the restaurant and were able to use the robot to empty the contents of the bag onto the street.

A picture shown to Patch of the materials showed two round dials, nails, bolts and a wooden box. Radio reports said the box had "Navy C4" written on it.

Once the State Police Bomb Squad determined the contents weren't hazardous, several officials walked down from the restaurant parking lot to inspect the items.

The package was discovered by a passerby at about 12:30 p.m. The caller looked inside the bag and saw the inscription on the wooden box and alerted authorities, according to scanner reports.

One person was detained for questioning in the immediate area of where the package was found, but d'Entremont said the person was picked up on an unrelated matter.

The scare closed down several roads in the Manor neighborhood, and closed Sprague Street from Turner Road to the Hyde Park line. There were no reports that students at the were affected.

Neighbors gathered at several viewing points in the area, but police were mum on details.

The suspicious package also closed down Blue Jay's, a convenience store on Sprague Street. 

Owner George Wons said he didn't notice the bag in the area, but was told to close by police at around 12:30 p.m.

"You can't be too careful," Wons said. "These things happen in the least expected places."

Wons praised the work of police throughout the entire situation.

"Police and fire did a good job," he said. "I was cautiously hopeful that it wasn't dangerous."