Suspicious package at Emerson temple no threat, Bergen bomb squad says

EXCLUSIVE: A suspicious package left at an Emerson temple before Yom Kippur services today proved harmless, authorities said this afternoon.

Photo Credit: *Cliffview Pilot File Photo*

Jerry DeMarco

10/05/2014 12:01 a.m.

The Bergen County Police Bomb Squad was among a host of emergency responders summoned to Congregation B’Nai Israel at 53 Palisade Avenue, a short distance from Emerson Junior-Senior High School, after the beeping package reportedly was found.

A report that the object was an insulin pump couldn’t immediately be confirmed.

Traffic was diverted and firefighters were placed on standby following the 4:40 p.m. call.

A secondary sweep of the premises and immediate area also had negative results.

Area police, firefighters and EMS workers all responded.

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