Crime

Update: Most street closures lifted as Davis police investigate ‘suspicious box’

Davis police are investigating a “suspicious box” in the downtown area, the department said Tuesday.

The box was found in the 500 block of C Street at 8 a.m. Tuesday, the Davis Police Department said, near the Davis Joint Unified School District office.

Davis police had closed street in the area of Russell Boulevard, B Street and 5th Street, and evacuated the area. All evacuations have been lifted and street traffic has resumed for all but a portion of C Street between 5th and 6th streets.

“There is no public hazard at this time,” the department said in an alert.

This story was originally published August 27, 2019 at 10:08 AM.

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