Massachusetts Avenue NW is temporarily closed between Whitehaven Street to 34th Street due to police activity. The activity in question is an investigation of a suspicious package in the area. The District Department of Transportation is advising motorists use alternate routes for their evening commutes, including Connecticut and Wisconsin Avenues. UPDATE 4:47 p.m.: Just as soon as we posted this, DDOT announced that the street had been reopened.
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Mass Ave. Reopened After Suspicious Package Investigation
Secret Service Apprehend Naked Jogger Near Ellipse
There was a brief suspicious package investigation around 15th and E streets NW on Wednesday evening, in the area of the Ellipse. As so often happens, the package, which turned out to be a plastic bag with clothes in it, was cleared so quickly we didn't even have a chance to report on it before the incident was already over. But as it turns out, there was more than package on display last night. The Post reports that the man who owned the bag of clothes had discarded it because he decided to go for a naked jog on E Street.
"He wasn't yelling or protesting. Just going for a jog," Wiley said.more ›
Suspicious Package Investigation in Office of Sen. Baucus
UPDATE 4:35 p.m. We're now hearing the substance has been deemed harmless, and Baucus's office has reopened.
Thomas Circle Reopening After Suspicious Package Investigation
Police closed off the entirety of Thomas Circle this morning, with no vehicle nor foot traffic allowed through the circle, due to a suspicious package investigation. The Massachusetts Ave. tunnel was also closed.
Bomb Threat, Suspicious Package Investigations Downtown
A pair of large police and emergency responses to report going on downtown today.
Suspicious Package Destroyed in Crystal City
A suspicious package scare in Crystal City earlier this afternoon forced the evacuation of an office building located at 2100 Crystal Drive, according to several eyewitness accounts. Arlington County Police spokesperson Det. Crystal Nosal confirmed that the county's bomb squad destroyed the package, per standard procedure. Crystal Drive between 20th and 23rd Streets was closed during the investigation, but has since been reopened. One DCist reader wrote in to the tip line that he heard the detonation of the package at around 2 p.m. The incident has since been cleared.
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