Bomb squad investigates suspicious packages found at Newburgh home

NEWBURGH, Ind. (WEHT) – Investigation continues after a bomb squad secures two suspicious packages found outside a Newburgh home.

Chief Deputy Sheriff Paul Kruse tells us at 7:52 a.m.. dispatch received a call about a suspicious package outside of a home in the 4000 block of Briarwood Drive.

It is said around 8:00 a.m., the deputies who responded to the call also believed it to be a suspicious package and requested the assistance of the Evansville Police Department and the bomb squad.

Sheriff Mike Wilder says there was two packages found outside the home and at approximately 2 p.m., it had been secured by the bomb squad. He goes on to tell us this case will be handed over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Warrick County Dispatch says Lenn Road was shut down during the investigation but has since reopened.

This is a developing story.

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