Credit Union Back To Normal After Bomb Scare

GOLDEN, Colo. -- Employees at the Coors Credit Union in Golden called police Thursday morning when they received a call about a suspicious package that could be a bomb.

Police ordered employees to evacuate the building and then initiated reverse-911 calls to other homes and businesses in the area, asking them to evacuate as a precaution.

When the bomb squad arrived with its dog, the dog couldn't find the suspicious package in the building. It turned out that someone carried the package with them to the evacuation area.

Police said they don't know why and luckily, the package turned out not to contain a bomb.

Submitted on 08/12/2005

Submitted by: Raleigh Macklin
Reference: August 11, 2005

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Tracy said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
This is funny! And should be verifiable. Only problem is - other people might have been injured... but I can see the picture now - a person carrying the bomb out carefully to place it on the grass :-)

Jack said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
Even if it wasn't a bomb, the story is amusing enough to keep. Please do give us some verification. I'd love to pass this story along to my Police Bomb Squad friends!

Kelly said:
Definitely Toss: Other
Autopilot sets in. Just grab whatever's valuable and leave. We have no way of knowing if the person that carried off the package even knew that the bomb call had been about it.

Charles said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
I have to agree with Tracy -- If they think it's a bomb, why carry it with them?

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