A suspicious mail-in ballot shut down a Chester County government building, but investigators now say the incident was not criminal.
WEST CHESTER, PA – A suspicious mail-in ballot that triggered a government building lockdown and an FBI investigation in Pennsylvania has been cleared of biohazard concerns in preliminary testing, authorities announced Monday. Investigators traced the envelope to an elderly voter who cooperated with detectives, and the incident is now being treated as a non-criminal matter.
The Chester County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that preliminary laboratory testing, conducted at the FBI’s direction, found no biohazard in the ballot envelope. Final confirmation testing is still pending, with results expected next week. FOX 29 Philadelphia+1…