Package shuts down post office

[GalvestonDuck]

http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/pol ... 423268.htm

Posted on Thu, Jul. 31, 2003

Vibrating package shuts down post office
Associated Press

LILBURN, Ga. - A Gwinnett County post office and surrounding area were evacuated after a mail carrier came across a vibrating package.

X-rays revealed the box to be X-rated.

U.S. Postal Service spokesman Michael Miles said the package was making a sound Wednesday and aroused suspicion from the carrier and his supervisor, who carried the priority mail into the parking lot and called police.

The Gwinnett County bomb squad, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Gwinnett County Fire Department evacuated the building and the parking lot, and shut down Postal Way at U.S. Highway 29.

A high-tech robot was sent in to pick up the package and X-ray it. The X-ray showed some kind of wires and something else, Miles said. When it was opened, authorities found adult toys including a vibrator and massage oil.

The Lilburn resident to whom the package was addressed will be notified of what happened, but will not be prosecuted.

"Since these are all legal items, we won't be doing any follow-up investigation," police spokesman Cpl. Dan Huggins said.

[JCT777]

Glad to hear the bomb squad did their duty!

[Stormsfury]

Although the scan of the Priority Mail package came up with nothing that was potentially hazardous, it's a little bit of an embarrassing situation for the addressee. IMO, the carrier and supervisor of Lilburn, GA, handled the situation properly. Safety and security are priorities within the Postal Service to ensure the safely of our customers and the workers alike.

SF

[streetsoldier]

Now, if that happened in Texas, no problem...all the recipient would have to do is show their "concealed weapons" card.