Suspicious package investigated

The Durham County Sheriff’s Department Bomb Squad destroyed a suspicious package left in the middle of East Rosemary Street near Henderson Street Tuesday evening.

According to the Chapel Hill Police Department, a witness saw a white male between the ages of 20 and 25 place a small package in the middle of the street and walk away in a suspicious manner, leaving the area in a light-colored Volkswagen Jetta. Chapel Hill Police responded to a call about a suspicious package at about 6:30 p.m. and restricted pedestrian and vehicular traffic to the area for about four hours. The Durham County Sheriff’s Department Bomb Squad destroyed the package, which was not a bomb, according to police.

Police are asking anyone with information regarding the package or the incident to contact the Chapel Hill Police Department at 968-2760. —Staff Reports