

The investigation of the suspicious package has affected operations at Honolulu District Court.

Police have closed multiple streets in downtown Honolulu to investigate a suspicious package.īeretania Street by Punchbowl, Alakea Street between Hotel and Beretania streets and the intersection of Richard and Hotel streets have been closed off, according to a bulletin from police sent at 6:22 a.m. The call came in at 1:57 p.m., Jefferson said. Beretania Street near Punchbowl Street remain closed. The Los Angeles Police Department assisted with the suspicious package response, LAPD Officer Aareon Jefferson said.

Honolulu police have reopened Alakea Street. after they determined the box did not contain any explosives. Law enforcement temporarily shut down portions of Alakea Street and Beretania Street until police gave the all-clear at 8:45 a.m. Sheriff deputies and Honolulu police including the Bomb Squad responded to the area to investigate. Birmingham police said the suspicious package found near UAB Wednesday morning was a 'hoax device.' Watch the bomb squad 'disrupt' the device in the video above. The state building is on the mauka side of Honolulu District Court. Maintenance staff at the Keoni Ana building found a suspicious package - described as an unattended cardboard box - outside the doors of the state building at 1177 Alakea Street at approximately 5:56 a.m., according to Toni Schwartz, spokeswoman of the Hawaii Department of Public Safety. Honolulu police gave the “all-clear” and reopened Beretania Street at the intersection of Punchbowl Street. LOS ANGELES () A downtown Los Angeles intersection was shut down Friday after a 'suspicious package' was found at the Criminal Courts building.
