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Cops: Bomb blows up North Babylon basement, injures teen

Quick ReadA 911 call of "smoke in a basement" at a home in North Babylon launched a police investigation.

Suffolk County police Arson Squad and ATF investigators

Photo credit: James Carbone | Suffolk County police Arson Squad and ATF investigators at a home on Pell Avenue in North Babylon where a 17-year-old was sent to the hospital. (Sept. 28, 2009)

North Babylon High School officials put the campus on a partial lockdown Tuesday as federal and local authorities continued to investigate a student who accidentally set off a homemade pipe bomb in his basement.

Vincent Pizzone, 17, seriously injured his hand Monday night as he filled a metal tube with explosive materials before it unexpectedly went off at the Pell Avenue home he shares with...

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