Boys find test tubes with blood residues

Three youths playing near a North Hollywood apartment complex found used test tubes containing blood residue Monday night, Los Angeles police said. Lt. Stuart Maislin said the items had come

from the Panorama Community Hospital in Panorama City and belonged to a man operating a pharmaceutical testing laboratory out of his home in the 5600 block of Colfax Avenue, near where the

items were found. The youths found the items on top of a car, police said. The youths--one 12-year-old and two 13-year-olds--hid the test tubes in their pockets and under their shirts. But

one of the boys’ mothers found them and called police, Maislin said. Investigators from the Los Angeles County Health Department and the Police Department’s hazardous materials squad are

investigating the incident. MORE TO READ