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Troopers Respond To 'Suspicious Package' In Lower Macungie (Updated)

Update: PSP has identified an Oklahoma resident as a suspect, Trooper Nathan Branosky said Tuesday afternoon, March 26. 

Congdon Hill Road and Spring Creek Road, Lower Macungie

Congdon Hill Road and Spring Creek Road, Lower Macungie

Photo Credit: Google Maps (Satellite)/Inset: Pennsylvania State Police

Pennsylvania State Police responded to a report of a "suspicious package" received at a business in Lower Macungie on Monday afternoon, March 25, authorities said in a release. 

Troopers were called to  Ryder Logistics, 8620 Congdon Hill Drive, after a mailroom employee opened a package that contained "writing and threats" around 1:15 p.m., police said. 

The business was evacuated until troopers "determined the suspicious package did not pose a threat," the release says. 

Spring Creek Road at Route 100 and Congdon Hill Drive were closed as state police investigated.

The Hazardous Device Explosive Section (HDES), the State Police K-9 Unit, the Troop M Forensic Services Unit, the Fogelsville Patrol Unit, the Allentown Bomb Squad, the Lower Macungie Township Fire Department, Lehigh University K-9s, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation assisted the Fogelsville Criminal Investigation Unit at the scene, troopers added. 

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