A call came in Monday evening regarding a suspicious package around 8:15 on Monday evening. The Lima Police Department quickly responded and set up a perimeter around the scene with W. High Street blocked off starting at McDonel Street. The bomb squad was called in, using robots to approach and check out the item. Officers on the scene tell us that the package was deemed not dangerous. The situation remains under investigation.

It caused quite a scare when an unknown container was found outside the Bob Evans restaurant back in August, but law enforcement have determined that it wasn't originally designed to be a threat. The container is used in a world wide treasure hunting game called "Geocaching". There are containers, like the one found at Bob Evans, that are hidden in different locations and people use an app on the their cell phone to find them. Allen County Sheriff Matt Treglia says the one at Bob Evans sat in its original unknown location for over a year before someone moved it to the restaurant. The sheriff's office has talked to the person who placed the container and determined they didn't move it.

Just days after a suspicious package found at Bob Evans, today, a suspicious suitcase was found outside of Mark Pi's on Cable Road. A Mark Pi's employee tells Your Hometown Stations that they found a suitcase at the front of the store at around 10 a.m. The fire department, police, and the bomb squad were all out on the scene. After investigating, they decided the suitcase was safe. There were no customers there at the time. Employees, however, were evacuated. The restaurant is open as usual.

The Allen County Sheriff's Office determined the suspicious package found at Meijer last night was "non-hazardous."

A scare this morning after a Lima employee spotted a suspicious package at the back of the City Building on Town Square.