Bloomington, Indiana cops still waiting on answers about suspicious package

Police still waiting on answers about suspicious package
05/18/2007 05:55:32

Bloomington police are still waiting for confirmation from federal postal inspectors whether they plan to examine a suspicious package discovered at Afni Wednesday. Police spokesman Duane Moss says the inspectors would help determine whether the person who mailed the package committed a crime.

The envelope-sized package that was delivered from out of state led to an evacuation of about 250 workers at Afni and second shift workers got the day off because the building on Martin Luther King Drive was not secured until later in the day.

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Cops: Suspicious package at Afni malicious
By Scott Miller
scottmiller@pantagraph.com
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BLOOMINGTON -- Police established malicious intent in the investigation of a suspicious package found Wednesday at the Afni Inc. office on Martin Luther King Drive in Bloomington.

The unidentified sender of the package had prior contact with Afni, a business outsourcer and debt collector, Bloomington police spokesman Duane Moss said Thursday.

“It is my impression that this is not the type of thing you send through the mail,” Moss said. “There is a relationship between the company and sender based on what Afni typically does.”

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Police have contacted the U.S. Postal Inspection Service to request the agency’s assistance in determining whether the substance found in the package is hazardous.

The FBI is also involved, said Marshall Stone, a spokesman with the offices in Springfield.

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Mailer of suspicious package had 'intent'
05/16/2007 18:33:53


Police believe a suspicious package arriving at the Afni building on Martin Luther King Drive today was not an accident.

Bloomington police spokesman Duane Moss says earlier reports that a white powder was discovered on the package were false, but he would not say what haz-mat crews did find. The discovery led to an evacuation of the building at around noon.

About 250 workers were sent home about an hour later and second shift workers were given the day off. Supervisor Sarah Harrison says some of the collection agency's employees probably didn't mind going home early.

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on the latest page, there is a thread about a suspicious package taken to a bank, this thread, and another one down the line about another package somewhere else. Have the copycats come out because of a waxing moon, or is this the latest Rovian tactic to keep our minds off Gonzogate?

This is a typical level of activity for a weekday.