Suspicious Package Scare on Central Park Ave.

Central Park Ave. in Greenburgh is re-opend to traffic after being closed for an investigation of a suspicous package late this morning near Trader Joe's store.

Greenburgh Police Chief Joe De Carlo said it turned out that an item left over from an apparent shoplifting incident prompted a passerby on Central Park Ave. to call police. The call led to the precautionary closing of Central Park Ave. at Harvard Drive, with local traffic diverted through Scarsdale.

De Carlo said the suspicious item turned out to be an electronic tag that is used by clothing stores to prevent theft. The tag was covered in aluminum foil, apparently in a successfully effort to prevent the tag from sounding an alarm as a clothing item was taken from a store.

Greenburgh police had shut down Central Park Ave, in both directions for an investigation of a suspicious package. Greenburgh police said the road closure was part of a precautionary effort to keep the public at least 300 feet away from the package.

Greenburgh firefighters were also at the scene.