![New Bedford Street Cordoned Off for Suspicious Item](http://townsquare.media/site/518/files/2018/06/MARKET-BASKET-PARKING-LOT.jpg?w=980&q=75)
New Bedford Street Cordoned Off for Suspicious Item
NEW BEDFORD — Shoppers at the New Bedford Market Basket may have been surprised to find one of the store's access points blocked by police tape late Monday morning.
New Bedford police and fire departments cordoned off a small section of Sawyer Street near Market Basket on Monday for a report of a suspicious item that turned out to be harmless, according to city Fire Chief Scott Kruger.
Just before noon yesterday, emergency crews responded to the report of the item, which according to unconfirmed scanner reports looked like a pressure cooker.
![WBSM-AM/AM 1420 logo](https://townsquare.media/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/WBSMAM.png?w=100)
Kruger said access to the area was briefly restricted as a precaution.
An investigation ultimately found the item to be harmless, he said.
A Market Basket employee confirmed over the phone that the supermarket remained open during the incident.
Soaring SouthCoast Supermarket Prices
New Bedford-Area Shopping Carts, Ranked
More From WBSM-AM/AM 1420
![21 Dogs Rescued From New Bedford Home Are Ready for Adoption](http://townsquare.media/site/518/files/2024/07/attachment-pups.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Robot Cuts the Ribbon on New Bedford’s Research & Robotics Lab](http://townsquare.media/site/518/files/2024/07/attachment-214.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![New Bedford House Fire Displaces Two Residents](http://townsquare.media/site/518/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design-41.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![A New Bedford Man is Dubbed a Hero After Saving Four Neighbors from Blazing House Fire](http://townsquare.media/site/519/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design-27.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Fall River’s Historical Standup Comedy Event at Battleship Cove](http://townsquare.media/site/518/files/2024/07/attachment-210.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![New Bedford Mother of Deceased Infant Found at Fort Taber Arraigned](http://townsquare.media/site/518/files/2023/12/attachment-Fort-Taber.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![New Bedford, MA Seaport Art Walk Is a Chance to Enjoy Public Art](http://townsquare.media/site/518/files/2024/07/attachment-Brooke-Mullins-Doherty-at-Seaport-Art-Walk-2023-Photo-by-Josh-Souza1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![New Bedford, Massachusetts Fire Museum Honors Fire Service History](http://townsquare.media/site/518/files/2024/07/attachment-FIRE-MUSEUM-.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![New Bedford Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking and Gun Charges](http://townsquare.media/site/518/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design-38.jpg?w=980&q=75)