MTA Dog Sniffs Suspicious Bag in Tarrytown

A suspicious duffel bag left behind at the Tarrytown train station turned out to contain clothing, police report tonight. 

At 6:49 p.m., Tarrytown Police evacuated the train station building and set up a traffic perimeter around the scene as they investigated a bag that was left behind. A bag, appearing to be fully packed, was left unattended on a bench inside the station.

The fire department was dispatched to the scene to assist with traffic control until a K9 unit arrived to check the bag.

The MTA police department K9 unit found the bag to contain miscellaneous clothing items, police said, and the scene was cleared by 7:02 p.m.

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