Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office evacuated after receiving suspicious package
Yesterday at approximately 11:45 a.m., the bomb squad had to go to Senator Bernie Sanders’ home office on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont, to respond to a suspicious package received by the Democratic Senator in the U.S. mail. Although Sanders’ third-floor office in that building was evacuated, no other buildings or offices on Church Street were shut down
This is the second time this month that a suspicious package has been reported at one of Sanders’s offices. On Sept. 11, a call was made about a package at his office in St. Johnsbury, Vt., that turned out to be a false alarm. ~ The Hill
By approximately 5:15 p.m., investigators decided that the package was not meant to cause harm; and people were allowed back into the office.
A spokesperson with the Vermont State Police said that after their bomb squad was deployed to assist police in Burlington, they determined that the package was safe. The Burlington Police are still investigating the incident.
There is no word as to who sent the package.
Burlington Police Deputy Chief Jon Murad did talk about the kinds of things that could make a package seem suspicious.
“Addresses that are slightly off or people who are the intended recipient of the device who no longer work at the office. They include packages that have had too much postage put on them. They include packages that have been taped or closed in strange ways. They include packages that may have both signage or symbolism on the exterior that are indicative of trouble or of messages that are beyond what a normal package would have and make the package suspicious, hence suspicious package.”
“But I can’t talk about this specific — one simply because it is an ongoing investigation. However, I will say that it met many of those things and that was why we spent a lot of time looking at it.” ~ WCAX
~ Written by Richard Webster, Ace News Today / Connect with Richard on Facebook and Twitter
