Box Of Tacos Prompts Bomb Scare At Federal Building & Courthouse In Tuscaloosa

TUSCALOOSA, AL — Someone's order from Taco Bell resulted in the week getting off to a busy start for the Tuscaloosa Police Department.

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TPD confirms to Patch that at 8:02 a.m. Monday morning, a call was received that prompted a swift response from several officers and the TPD Hazardous Device Unit to the Federal Building and Courthouse on University Boulevard in downtown Tuscaloosa.

A perimeter was set up by TPD officers and ultimately the investigation revealed the box to contain nothing more than a Taco and Burrito Cravings Pack, that included an assortment of regular and Doritos Locos tacos, along with four beefy five-layer burritos.

The all-clear was given at around 8:20 a.m. and TPD says the food items were safely disposed of in a dumpster behind the TPD headquarters.

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