D.C. Police Respond to 3 Suspicious Package Reports
posted 9:47 pm Tue March 18, 2008 - Washington
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Authorities responded to three reports of suspicious packages in downtown Washington this afternoon, tying up rush-hour traffic in the area.
D.C. police officer Quintin Peterson says none of the packages was found to be dangerous.
Peterson, a police spokesman, says the first package was discovered about 4 p.m. on the 3700 block of M Street northwest, and several roads in the area were closed while officers investigated.
A short time later, police were called to 14th and I streets in northwest for the report of a box with the words "test specimen." A suspicious package also was reported at the Mayflower Hotel.
Peterson says police have no reason to believe the suspicious package reports were related.
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