Bomb Squad Clears 'Suspicious' Package at Hospital

Salisbury Township Police and the Allentown Bomb Squad were called to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest Thursday morning to investigate a "suspicious" package found on the first floor of the Kasych Family Pavilion, but the package was found to be safe, police and the hospital said in news releases.

Police were called at 10:22 a.m., the hospital issued an alert and evacuated the area above and below where the package was found—in a ladies room in the Kasych building.

By 1 p.m. the building was declared safe as the Allentown Bomb Squad determined the "suspicious" package was harmless, police said.

Salisbury Police will do additional processing on the package's contents, the police release said.

Police did not say what type of package had been found, nor what it contained.

Those with information that they believe may be helpful are encouraged to call the Salisbury Township Police Department at 610-797-1447 or Lehigh County Radio at 610-437-5252. 

On Sunday night, the Allentown Bomb Squad detonated and "rendered safe" what appeared to be a "suspicious" package found in a Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest parking lot. There were no threats to staff or patients, as the investigation determined the package contained personal belongings, not hazardous or suspicious contents.