Suspicious mail clears courthouse

Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation probed a mailed toxic agent threat at the Pike County Courthouse Tuesday. Sheriff Phil Bueki said a letter received at the Prothonotary’s office prompted the 11:30 a.m. evacuation of the building. Bueki said county Emergency Management Coordinator Roger Maltby, the FBI, and a hazardous materials contractor were notified. The building was deemed safe again by late afternoon. Bueki said no further details of the FBI investigation are available. Evacuated attorneys D. Benjamin VanSteenburgh, left, and Matthew Galasso, right, are pictured talking with an unidentified man in the foreground. Photo by Linda Fields