A suspicious package at the Elizabeth Post Office caused
surrounding businesses to be evacuated, only to be discovered the
package contained artificial ice packs.
An Elizabeth Police officer arrived at the scene around 8:30
a.m. Aug. 4 to find a Styrofoam cooler in the public common area of
the post office lobby. With help from the Elizabeth Fire
Department, the Douglas County Bomb Squad and the Elbert County
Sheriff’s Office, it was determined the package was harmless.
Surrounding businesses and the post officer were reopened around
11:30 a.m.