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County Building, Courthouse Evacuated After Powdery Substance Mailed To Panetta’s Office
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
2
First seen
Oct 16, 12:47 PM PDT
updated Oct 16, 10:00 PM PDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by Lookout Local, Inc. and Local News Matters, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
A white powdery substance was found in an envelope sent to Rep. Panetta’s Santa Cruz office, prompting the evacuation of a county building and courthouse, Local News Matters and Lookout Local, Inc. reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 1, Oct 16, 10:23 PM PDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- White powdery substance found in envelope sent to Rep. Panetta’s Santa Cruz office · Local News Matters
- County building, courthouse evacuated after powdery substance mailed to Panetta’s office · Lookout Local, Inc.
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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