• •D.C. Metropolitan Police closed a major local roadway for two hours to investigate a suspicious object.
• •The device was identified by the bomb squad as a sex toy, according to reports from The Guardian.
• •No criminal charges or motive for the placement of the object have been officially confirmed by authorities.

Washington D.C. police closed a primary roadway for two hours following reports of a suspicious device that prompted a bomb squad response. The object was later identified as a sex toy, according to The Guardian. While false alarms of this nature occur periodically in major urban centers, they reflect the extreme caution police exercise to mitigate potential explosive threats. Whether this incident was a prank or an accidental abandonment remains an open question for local investigators.