1.   Bomb-disposal experts worked for hours to defuse the device.

2.   Houston Police Department bomb squad officers defused the devices and locked them up as evidence at Rosenberg police headquarters.

3.   The bomb squad was called and defused the device.

4.   The FBI, federal firearms agents and the Michigan State Police were called in to defuse the devices.

5.   The device was defused. . . .

6.   Police carried out a controlled explosion of one of the devices, causing some damage to the premises, while the other device was defused.

7.   Police decided an attempt to defuse the device would be too risky.

8.   Police said their bomb squad defused the device without incident.

9.   A bomb squad defused the device.