A suspicious powder was sent to the Manhattan district attorney’s office in Lower Manhattan on Friday, court officials said.
The powder was found in an envelope — marked “Alvin” — delivered by the US Postal Service to the mailroom at 80 Centre St., court officials confirmed.
Police sources said the contained a threat to DA Alvin Bragg and the postmark showed it was sent from Florida.
The note reportedly read “I’m gonna kill you,” according to NBC.
NYPD officers were on the scene just after noon, and no injuries were reported, the official said.
The powder was deemed not hazardous about three hours later, according to the official.
The potentially harmful piece of mail comes as Bragg’s office has been presenting its case to a grand jury to possibly indict former President Donald Trump.
A pair of bomb threats were called into the courthouse earlier this week, delaying the proceedings once, although it was unclear if they were connected to Trump’s case.
The powder was found hours after Trump threatened Bragg with “death and destruction” if the former president is indicted in New York City over hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 during his first campaign for the White House
The DA has informed the office staff that the potential threat was immediately contained and that the NYPD Emergency Services Unit and the NYC Department of Environmental Protection determined there was no dangerous substance, a DA spokesperson said.
“Due to the nature of increased interest in proceedings in New York City Courthouses, we have increased security, both inside and on the perimeter, and officers have been reminded to remain vigilant and maintain situational awareness,” a court spokesperson said.
A suspicious powder was sent to the Manhattan district attorney’s office in Lower Manhattan on Friday, court officials said.
The powder was found in an envelope — marked “Alvin” — delivered by the US Postal Service to the mailroom at 80 Centre St., court officials confirmed.
NYPD officers were on the scene just after noon, and no injuries were reported, the official said.
The powder was deemed not hazardous about three hours later, according to the official.
The potentially harmful piece of mail comes as DA Alvin Bragg’s office has been presenting its case to a grand jury to possibly indict former President Donald Trump.
A pair of bomb threats were called into the courthouse earlier this week, delaying the proceedings once, although it was unclear if they were connected to Trump’s case.
The powder was found hours after Trump threatened Bragg with “death and destruction” if the former president is indicted in New York City over hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 during his first campaign for the White House
The DA has informed the office staff that the potential threat was immediately contained and that the NYPD Emergency Services Unit and the NYC Department of Environmental Protection determined there was no dangerous substance, a DA spokesperson said.
“Due to the nature of increased interest in proceedings in New York City Courthouses, we have increased security, both inside and on the perimeter, and officers have been reminded to remain vigilant and maintain situational awareness,” a court spokesperson said.
