Suspicious Packages Discovered in Minnesota Town

Police in Princeton, Minnesota are investigating three suspicious packages found around town early Wednesday. An official told FOX News that the devices were located near a school, a post office and a public utility center.

Princeton, Minn. is located about 50 miles north of Minneapolis.

Later in the evening The Union Eagle said sources had confirmed that in addition to the three mysterious packages, five additional items described as “McGuyver bombs” were discovered around the city. The objects were judged to not be dangerous.They were collected and delivered to law enforcement for further examination.

The FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and several local law enforcement agencies are assisting in the investigation.

Deliveryman Robbed of Suspicious Package

There is no indication that this incident is terror related, just somewhat of an odd story. Ferry-Fillmore District detectives are investigating the gunpoint holdup of a FedEx driver making deliveries on Bissell Avenue at about 4:45 p. m. Wednesday.

Police said the driver was accosted in the truck by two men—one with a handgun who held him at bay as his accomplice took a package addressed to a Schauf Avenue house that was vacant.

Police that after the holdup on Bissell, he was approached at two other locations about the same package and on Schauf Avenue, a man told him the package should have been directed to another address.

What was in the package was unclear.

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Suspicious Package Found on Capitol Hill

FOX 5 has learned that Capitol Police are investigating a suspicious package that was found in the Longworth House Office Building on Wednesday afternoon, and people are being evacuated from the building until the device is removed.

Capitol Police say initial tests of the package were inconclusive, but just to be cautious they are evacuating the Longworth Building and sending those people to the Cannon Building until the package is safely removed.

Capitol Police Sergeant Kimberly Schneider says Virginia State police will help in taking the device to Quantico to be rendered safe.

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White House North Lawn Closed – Suspicious Package

The White House North Lawn has finally reopened after more than two hours after a suspicious package thrown over the fence prompted the closure — and a huge response from four fire trucks and numerous Secret Service. In order to get back in, reporters were walked along a West Wing hallway near the Oval Office. We learned that the president has a lot of large photos of himself along the walls.

After the president’s short speech, reporters were forced to remain in the Grand Foyer for the last 10 minutes. No word on when we might be allowed to leave. Your correspondent took the time to do a brief radio interview — and later talked to WDET while walking back from lunch.

Earlier, the Secret Service forced reporters off the White Hosue driveway and into the press room over an suspicious package found near the White House fence. Some reporters were forced to go through another entrance into the building, while our trip into the Grand Foyer for the president’s speech on General Motors Corp.’s bankruptcy filing was delayed by 15 minutes.

Not clear what it is, but this typically happens over suspcious packages. The Secret Service also cleared pedestrians off the sidewalk in front of White House.

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Suspicious Packages Found Near California State Capitol

A loud boom echoed from a grassy area in front of the state Capitol just after noon today as California Highway Patrol officers apparently blew up a suspicious package found nearby.

Two packages were found on a statue near the north end of the Capitol and were x-rayed by a hazardous materials team, according to Jarrod Lassila, a California Highway Patrol spokesman.

One of the packages, a paper bag, was found to contain clothes. The other had a piece of metal sticking out of it, so officers moved it to a grassy area and conducted what Lassila said was a “controlled disruption.”

Lassila said the bag did not contain explosives or hazardous materials. He said investigators are not releasing details on the disruption method they used or on the contents of the second package.

Some areas of the Capitol were evacuated during the operation.

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Suspicious Packages Blown Up Were Hot Dogs For The Game

A suspicious package blown up outside a major baseball stadium turned out to be hot dogs for the fans.

Several suspicious packages were reportede to police near the ticket office at Citizens Bank Park, baseball stadium in Philadelphia. Read more

Suspicious Package Examined At FEMA Office

A leaking, smelly package in the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency mail room forced an evacuation of the headquarters building, a fire department official said on Monday.

Washington, D.C., fire department spokesman Alan Etter said an X-ray of the package showed a need for further investigation, and a hazardous materials team was taking air samples.

“Nobody is injured, nobody is sick,” Etter said.

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Suspicious Package On Train in North Bergen Was ‘Electronic Device’

UPDATE: A suspicious packae on a CSX train in North Bergen contained an electronic device that bomb squad officers blasted with a water cannon, and authorities are still trying to determine what it is.

The woman form Florida who called police this morning and said a bomb was on the train later said it was just a hoax, though the bomb squad kept searching the train until they found the package she referred to. Read more

Suspicious Package Closes Detroit-Windsor Tunnel

The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel was closed for several hours early Sunday morning after police found a suspicious package inside a bus. It apparently turned out to be a hoax.

According to Detroit police, the driver of an empty Greyhound bus noticed a suspicious suitcase on board.

A scan of the suitcase revealed two pipes with wires sticking out of them, which prompted Detroit police to call in the bomb squad.

Further investigation of the package found it to be harmless.

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Police Detonate Suspicious Package – Denver

A loud bang was heard along the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver this evening after police found and detonated a suspicious package near Union Station.

A spokesman for the Joint Information Center said there were no injuries. It was not immediately clear what the package contained before police used explosives to “render it safe,” in the spokesman’s words.

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