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By: Donna Willis
Published: September 09, 2011
Updated: September 09, 2011 - 6:27 PM » Comments | Post a Comment
WESTERVILLE, Ohio -- An intersection reopens and evacuations end after a suspicious-package investigation Friday evening.
Westerville fire and police responded to investigate a suspicious package, and the intersection of South State Street (state Route 3) and West Park Street was closed.
Authorities closed the intersection shortly before 5 p.m. Friday. The intersection was reopened before 6:30 p.m.
Columbus fire's bomb squad as well as the Ohio State Highway Patrol also was called to the scene.
Two homes were evacuated as a safety precaution.
Authorities said in a release Friday night that a suspicious package was reportedly thrown into the street in front of Hanby Elementary School on S. State Street.
A subject was detained for questioning after witnesses reported seeing this person throw the package in the area it was found. Investigators have verified the subject’s claim that the package was picked up from the street and tossed onto the sidewalk to clear the street.
The package was found to contain no threat or contraband. The subject has been released from detention.
Investigators later learned that the package was a lunch bag that had been dropped from a school bus onto the street by a student.
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