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Cops: Credit union boss strapped with possible bomb in plot

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) Police in Connecticut say they are searching for two suspects who apparently strapped a possible bomb to a credit union executive during a failed home invasion-robbery plot.

New Britain police released details Tuesday about the case, which drew FBI agents to the scene Monday and prompted school lockdowns. No one was injured.

Authorities say two men confronted 46-year-old Matthew Yussman at his Bristol home early Monday, then bound him and his mother.

Police say the suspects forced Yussman to wear what looked like a bomb and sent him to get money from Achieve Financial Credit Union in New Britain while they stayed with his mother. Yussman is the credit union's chief financial officer.

State police rendered the device safe and sent it for testing to see if it was real.

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