Teacher’s house raided after explosion at Bellingham principal’s home

Blackstone-11/17/17- A pipe bomb was planted in the grille of a Jeep in the driveway of the home belonging to the Principal of Bellingham High School. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro) — A pipe bomb was planted in the grille of this Jeep on Nov. 17 in the driveway of the Blackstone home of Bellingham High School principal Lucas Giguere. –John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe

MetroWest Daily News (Framingham, Mass.),

December 15, 2017

BELLINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — Federal agents have raided the Rhode Island home of a 62-year-old science teacher in connection with a pipe bomb explosion outside the house of the principal at the Massachusetts high school where she works.

The MetroWest Daily News reports investigators seized cell phones and other evidence from the Woonsocket home of Susan Seery on Tuesday morning.

Seery, a science teacher, has been on a paid administrative leave since Nov. 15 from Bellingham High School. That is two days before the bomb exploded outside the home of principal Lucas Giguere, damaging a Jeep.

Giguere told investigators that the explosion was powerful enough to shake his house. There were no injuries.

Reached by phone Friday, Seery said she has been advised by an attorney not to discuss the case.

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Information from: MetroWest Daily News (Framingham, Mass.), http://www.metrowestdailynews.com

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