Bomb Squad Detonates Dynamite Found on North Haven Beach

Update, 4:30 p.m.: The Suffolk County Bomb Squad detonated an explosive found on a North Haven beach on Monday afternoon.

According to officials on scene, the suspicious item looked like a stick of dynamite and was marked as an explosive. It was found against the dune on the west side of the South Ferry slips at about 12:15 p.m.

Ferry and vehicular traffic at the end of Route 114 were briefly stopped as a precaution during the small explosion.

No injuries were reported.

A Suffolk County Police Emergency Service truck left the scene at about 4:30 p.m.

Previously: The Suffolk County Police Department's bomb squad is investigating the report of a stick of dynamite that was found on a North Haven beach on Monday afternoon.

Southampton Town Police Sgt. Howard Kalb said a South Ferry captain reported seeing a suspicious item, possibly dynamite, on the beach, at the end of Route 114, where the ferries dock at about 12:15 p.m.

"It's an ongoing situation," Kalb said, adding the county bomb squad was still there at about 3:30 p.m. "I don't know if it's been confirmed or not," he said.

The South Ferry is still operating between North Haven and Shelter Island, according to the ferry office.

Just last Friday, Southampton Town police also called in the Suffolk County bomb squad to detonate a grenade that was discovered on Riverleigh Avenue in Riverside.