Crime & Safety
Unattended Bag Prompted Florida Poll Evacuation: Reports
An Orange County, Florida, polling place was evacuated Tuesday evening due to a suspicious package.
WINTER PARK, FL — A suspicious package that prompted an evacuation of a Winter Park, Florida, polling place Tuesday evening turned out to be no threat, according to news reports.
It seems someone left a bag behind at a church’s polling place in the small community in Orange County. The bag was reportedly left under a voting booth.
The discovery led to an evacuation, complete with police and fire officials turning out to the scene.
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The bag’s owner, however, returned to claim it, enabling voters to return to the polls, Fox 35’s Valerie Boey tweeted.
No further information is available at this time.
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Bomb scare at polling site in Winter Park. Everyone evacuated but returned when owner came back for bag.#Fox35 @Fox35News pic.twitter.com/eIh0bAIcBl
— Valerie Boey (@vboey) November 8, 2016
#BREAKING: Winter Park Christian Church polling location evacuated due to suspicious backpack left under a voting booth. #Election2016
— WESH 2 News (@WESH) November 8, 2016
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