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Local NewsSuspicious Mail Found At Fed. CourthouseBy Katie DeLong
MILWAUKEE – Hazmat crews were at the federal courthouse in downtown Milwaukee Wednesday morning investigating a piece of suspicious mail.
The courthouse is located at Jefferson and Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Milwaukee.
TODAY’S TMJ4’s Melanie Stout was at the courthouse meeting with officials who said a suspicious envelope was sent to the bankruptcy court office. Someone noticed the envelope smelled of ammonia, and the Milwaukee Fire Department’s hazmat team was sent to investigate.
The high-profile Michael McGee trial is going on at the courthouse Wednesday, and that trial was allowed to continue despite the investigation of the suspicious package.
People were being allowed to enter and exit the federal courthouse through security.
The hazmat team was called to the scene around 10:22 Wednesday morning by Homeland Security who said they were concerned about the suspicious package.
Crews shut down the bankruptcy court office while the envelope was investigated, sealed and removed from the courthouse.
“We have determined that there are no chemicals that posed any dangers to the public that’s emitting from this envelope,” Milwaukee Fire Department Spokeswoman Tiffany Wynn said.
The federal courthouse not only houses federal courtrooms, but offices for several other agencies, including the secret service and the federal marshal.
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