UPDATE:
West Earl Township Police received a report from a citizen regarding a suspicious device located on an abandoned farm property on N. Church Street near the Route 222 overpass on at 5:00 P.M.
Responding officers spotted a tube-shaped device sitting in an open area of the property. Officers could not identify the device.
As a precaution, the officers contacted the Pennsylvania State Police bomb squad to examine the device.
The Pennsylvania State Police Bomb squad determined the device was not an explosive device, at which point West Earl Police retrieved the package.
The investigation regarding the location of the device is ongoing. Anyone with information regarding the device should contact the West Earl Police at 717-859-1411.
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Rescue crews have left the scene of the suspicious package. At this point police are not giving any word as to the nature of the package.
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Police have roads closed in the area of Route 272 and North Church Street for the report of a suspicious package.
Crews were first called to the area around 620 p.m. The incident is in West Earl Township, just off Route 222 near the PNC Bank and Sonic.
At this time fire, police and EMS crews are on the scene.
We will continue to bring you more information as it becomes available.
West Earl Township Police received a report from a citizen regarding a suspicious device located on an abandoned farm property on N. Church Street near the Route 222 overpass on at 5:00 P.M.
Responding officers spotted a tube-shaped device sitting in an open area of the property. Officers could not identify the device.
As a precaution, the officers contacted the Pennsylvania State Police bomb squad to examine the device.
The Pennsylvania State Police Bomb squad determined the device was not an explosive device, at which point West Earl Police retrieved the package.
The investigation regarding the location of the device is ongoing. Anyone with information regarding the device should contact the West Earl Police at 717-859-1411.
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Rescue crews have left the scene of the suspicious package. At this point police are not giving any word as to the nature of the package.
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Police have roads closed in the area of Route 272 and North Church Street for the report of a suspicious package.
Crews were first called to the area around 620 p.m. The incident is in West Earl Township, just off Route 222 near the PNC Bank and Sonic.
At this time fire, police and EMS crews are on the scene.
We will continue to bring you more information as it becomes available.