Suspicious powder briefly puts school on lockdown
A Brooklyn school went on lockdown Thursday night after police received a call that a parent reportedly opened an envelope containing a suspicious powder. Police say they arrived at M.S. 839, located
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Nov 6, 2015, 7:20 PM
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Updated 3,228 days ago
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A Brooklyn school went on lockdown Thursday night after police received a call that a parent reportedly opened an envelope containing a suspicious powder.
Police say they arrived at M.S. 839, located at 713 Caton Ave., as a precaution. No one was visibly ill.
According to a New York Post report, a father who is a city housing court judge brought his personal mail to the school's open house and found the powder while opening a letter.
Witnesses say police locked down nearby streets and were not allowing people out of the building as late as 9 p.m.
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