Ringing cell phone in mailbox causes Columbus bomb scare
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COLUMBUS — Authorities say a cell phone ringing inside a mailbox caused a downtown disruption in Ohio’s largest city.
Columbus police and firefighters closed streets in the area and evacuated a nearby building this morning after a person reported a suspicious noise coming from the mailbox.
A bomb squad X-rayed the box and then opened it with a key provided by a postal inspector.
Authorities say squad members discovered the ringing had come from a phone that was packed up and mailed by a sender who had not turned it off.
Streets were reopened and the evacuation ended.
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