'Suspicious Package' Closes Roland Avenue

Police closed Roland Avenue north of the 5100 block because of a suspicious package on Friday evening.

Police closed the road to traffic, evacuated near by stores and locked down while they investiaged the package. A book fair was scheduled for the evening at the school and parents were unable to pick up their children at the after school program.

There's no official word on what the suspicious package was, or where exactly it was located. Calls to Baltimore police were not answered and officers at the scene declined to comment.

Residents and employees of the nearby stores said the package was an unattended backpack left in the underground parking garage of

The area was declared all clear and residents, parents and customers were allowed back into the area at about 6 p.m.

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