Bomb Squad Called For Suspicious Package At Athens Hotel

ATHENS, GA — The Athens-Clarke County Police Department responded to a suspicious package call at the InTown Suites on Tuesday, according to a release from the department. An employee was cleaning a guest room when they found the package around 2 p.m.

The release says the employee believed it may have been explosive, police say, so they evacuated guests and set up a perimeter. Police called the University of Georgia Police Department’s Bomb Disposal Unit to the scene.

They sent in a robot and "removed multiple explosive devices to a containment vessel," the report says.

Through interview, police say, they believe the devices removed by the bomb squad were "modified, commercially available fireworks."

ACCPD reminds the public that fireworks, when used safely under proper conditions, are legal. However, modifying fireworks can be unlawful and dangerous.

The investigation is still ongoing.

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