'Suspicious Package' That Shut Down Bergen NJ Transit Was A Pair Of Shoes

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — A "suspicious package" that authorities investigated at the Ridgewood Train Station turned out to be an unattended pair of shoes with what appeared to be a wire underneath them, NJ Transit officials said.

A NJ Transit police officer spotted the shoes and alleged wire under a bench, thought it looked like a suspicious package, and called it in, said Lisa Torbic, an NJ Transit spokesperson.

The 30 people at the station were evacuated. K-9 units from the NJ Transit Police Department and Bergen County Sheriff's Office, along with the Ridgewood Police Department responded to the train station.

Service on the Main/Bergen and Port Jervis lines was shut down for about 45 minutes, Torbic said. Service resumed at about 10:10 a.m. Trains were delayed up to an hour due to the investigation, NJ Transit said.

A Twitter user at the station posted a picture of what authorities allegedly found at the station.

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