New Hampshire Democratic Office Evacuated Due To Suspicious Package

Source: Talking Points Memo

By Associated Press
December 11, 2018 9:45 am

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Democratic Party Office has been evacuated because of a suspicious package, police said.

At least three employees were present when the package was found Monday afternoon, the Concord Monitor reported. Police told the newspaper that first responders checked at least one of those employees for possible exposure to a substance in the package, but no injuries were reported.

The New Hampshire office tweeted that the employee was treated “merely as a precaution.”

“This afternoon, we alerted authorities immediately upon finding a suspicious package at the NHDP Headquarters,” state Democratic Party Chairman Ray Buckley said in the tweet.

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