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.
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