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Troopers Respond To 'Suspicious Package' In Lower Macungie (UPDATED) Troopers Respond To 'Suspicious Package' In Lower Macungie (UPDATED)
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.  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 t…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Virginia Man Mails 'Prank' Pipe Bomb Stuffed Animal To Pennsylvania: Police Virginia Man Mails 'Prank' Pipe Bomb Stuffed Animal To Pennsylvania: Police
Virginia Man Mails 'Prank' Pipe Bomb Stuffed Animal To Pennsylvania: Police A "suspicious package" from Virginia thought to contain a pipe bomb was part of a "prank," police in Pennsylvania announced on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. The package sent from a VA man was received by a resident in the 5000 block of Martin Avenue, East Petersburg, PA around 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 3, 2023, according to a release by the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department. "The package contained a stuffed animal that appeared to have been manipulated to resemble a pipe bomb," the police said, "The recipient had placed the package outside and called the police." The police i…

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
’Suspicious’ Package Brings Police, Bomb Squad To Parking Lot Of Warren County Walmart ’Suspicious’ Package Brings Police, Bomb Squad To Parking Lot Of Warren County Walmart
’Suspicious’ Package Brings Police, Bomb Squad To Parking Lot Of Warren County Walmart A “suspicious” package brought police and bomb squads to the parking lot of a Warren County Walmart to investigate on the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 18, authorities said. The Pohatcong Township Police Department responded to the Phillipsburg store and requested assistance from the Huntington Volunteer Fire Co., Phillipsburg EMS, and the New Jersey State Police Bomb Squad after observing what appeared to be a briefcase in the parking lot. As the several additional emergency crews arrived, it was confirmed that the item was not dangerous, Pohatcong Police said. Crews cleared the scene a shor…

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by Valerie Musson