Crown Point Police Department

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Suspicious Device Safely Removed from Crown Point Bank

CROWN POINT — At approximately 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 10, the Crown Point Police Department responded to First Savings Bank of Hegewisch, 1531 E. South St., after a suspicious device was discovered on the property by a landscaping crew.

Officers secured the area and requested assistance from explosive detection K-9 units and the Porter County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad.

Bomb technicians determined the device was not an explosive, however, it was a device used to administer smoke. The device was safely secured and removed from the property for destruction.

There were no injuries and no immediate threat to the public.

The investigation into how the device came to be on the property remains ongoing.

Anyone with information related to this incident is encouraged to contact the Crown Point Police Department at 219-663-2131 or the CPPD Tip Line at 219-663-213, ext. 265.

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