Shortly after 12PM the Alpha Fire Co. and the Penn State HazMat were dispatched to stand-by in their stations for the State College Police Department.  Assistant Chief DeArmitt was requested to the scene, 131 S. Fraser St.  Upon his arrival he requested Rescue 518 to the scene.  State College Police were actively investigating a suspicious package in the area of the Fraser St. parking garage, the package appeared to be a bomb and was being treated as such.

The Pennsylvania State Police Hazardous Device Team was requested from Hershey and upon their arrival they investigated and destroyed the package.  It was later determined that the package posed no threat to the community and was actually a school project that a student had forgotten and left behind.

The area around the parking garage was evacuated and closed for approximately 3 hours.

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