Suspicious package investigation underway in St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg Police reported that 34th St. S between 18th Ave. S and 22nd Ave. S was closed

An investigation continued while officers evaluated
a suspicious package on the sidewalk.

With the help of the Tampa Bomb Squad the device was identified as a “harmless homemade mechanical device.”

No one was injured and all lanes of 34th St. South repened to traffic.