A suspicious package led to the evacuation of the Kendall County Health and Human Services Center in Yorkville Thursday after employees became leery of the man who had dropped it off.
The package, which turned out to just include a baseball cap, was hand-delivered to the building in the 800 block of John Street around 2:57 p.m. by a former client, Kendall County Sheriff’s Deputy Bryan Harl said.
A man who had received services through the county’s Health and Human Services brought in a sealed box that he insisted be given to a certain employee. Harl said the man kept asking when the particular employee would be back, and repeated that it must reach that person’s hands.
A receptionist who took the package from the man immediately notified others in the building of her suspicions and deputies were called in to investigate the package.
“It was just the vibe she got from the guy,” Harl said.
The building was evacuated as deputies began their investigation.
“We determined pretty quickly that there was no threat,” Harl said. “The package turned out to be a baseball cap, left as a gift.”
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