Crime & Safety
Bomb Squad Responds to Box of Envelopes on Courthouse Steps
An unattended FedEx package left outside the Montgomery County Courthouse today gave authorities an impromptu emergency response drill.
Patch readers reported a lot of police activity at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown Thursday afternoon. As it turns out, a box of envelopes left on the steps of the courthouse sparked all the action.
According to The Times Herald, a sheriff's deputy spotted the unattended FedEx package just outside the entrance to the courthouse at around 12:30 p.m. and alerted the bomb squad. Authorities established a safe zone and evacuated part of the courthouse quickly.
Read more about this afternoon's excitement here.
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