ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION

Man in Custody After Explosives Found Near New Jersey Labor Day Parade Route

Gov. Phil Murphy was slated to attend the Monday parade before it was abruptly canceled.

A New Jersey man was taken into police custody Monday morning after multiple explosives resembling pipe bombs were found near the route of a Labor Day parade Gov. Phil Murphy was slated to attend, NJ.com reports. A law enforcement official said the man was detained after authorities found more than six devices on his property near the South Plainfield's Labor Day Parade route. The explosives—discovered during a separate investigation—were reportedly not powerful enough to kill anyone. Murphy and the parade were not subjects to a direct threat, and the Monday morning event was reportedly canceled “out of an abundance of caution.” The individual detained was described as a “rogue” man in his 50s who liked explosives.