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The Columbia Township Police Department is currently investigating a suspicious situation that occurred at the electrical sub-station on Case Road, in Brooklyn.

At approximately 2:45 P.M. on Thursday, April 28, 2016, the Columbia Township Police Department was contacted by utility workers that had located a suspicious package within the fenced-in area of the sub-station. The package had been placed under a large piece of equipment inside the enclosure. The package was wrapped in plastic and taped with duct tape.

The utility workers could find no reasonable explanation for the package being there, and contacted police.

Officers arrived on scene, and based on the suspicious circumstances of the package, made the determination to contact the Michigan State Police Bomb Squad.

The Columbia Township Fire Department stood by on scene, and the Brooklyn DPW assisted on scene by closing off the roads immediately adjacent to the location. A Jackson Community Ambulance stood by as a precaution.

The MSP Bomb Squad was able to take several x-rays of the package, and eventually move it outside the sub-station. Prior to moving the package, as a precaution due to the package being directly under electrical distribution equipment, power to the substation was temporarily shut down.

It was determined that the package was full of a variety of (used) hand tools. The tools were not of the brand, quality, or style used by utility workers, and would have to have been intentionally placed under the equipment.

Just prior to the decision to temporarily cut power, Facebook and Nixle notifications were made to the public. The move to restore power was approximately ½ hour after it had been shut down.

Anyone with information as to who may have placed this package inside the substation is asked to contact the
Columbia Township Police Department at 517-592-3122.