Suspicious package delivered to Metairie business, JPSO deputies on scene

METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) — The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is on the scene investigating a suspicious package in Metairie.

The incident was called in around 9:30 a.m. reporting the suspicious package delivered to the Armed Forces Recruiting Office on Clearview Parkway.

Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said in a press conference, that when military recruiters entered the office they found a homemade box with light switches on top. The JPSO’s explosives team was alerted along with the FBI.

After an X-ray was done on the suspicious box, Lopinto said it was determined to not be an explosive but instead had “homemade fans” inside…

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