ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WITN) – Police in Rocky Mount have given the all clear after a neighborhood was evacuated when a suspicious package was found near the scene of a bank robbery.
Around 10:15 a.m. police said they got a bank robbery call at the Providence Bank on Sunset Avenue.
As officers were heading to the bank they found the suspect’s vehicle in the 600 block of Old Mill Road. Two juveniles were taken into custody and officers say they found a suspicious package during their investigation.
The SBI’s bomb squad was called in and people on Old Mill Road and Dana Lane were evacuated. The package was later found not to be a threat, according to police.
Police say the two juveniles were charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon.