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Tonopah government offices evacuated after white powder found on letter

(Horace Langford Jr./Special to Pahrump Valley Times)
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By RAVEN JACKSON LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
July 5, 2016 - 7:09 pm
 

Personnel of the Nye County Clerk’s Office found a white substance on a letter Tuesday that turned out to be cornstarch, according to a media release.

About 3 p.m., a letter was opened in the Nye County Clerk’s Office at 101 Radar Road in Tonopah that contained a white powdered substance and a note threatening an elected official, the release said. Law enforcement and EMS were contacted and responded.

The potentially exposed personnel were segregated and the entire Tonopah government complex was evacuated as a precautionary measure. About 6:20 p.m., testing for hazardous materials identified the substance as 100% cornstarch, according to the release.

A criminal investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information relating to this event please contact Detective James Brainard at 775- 513-2208 or Detective Robert Perry at 775-209- 4258 or confidentially via e-mail ncso_detectives@co.nye.nv.us.

Contact Raven Jackson at rjackson@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @ravenmjackson on Twitter.

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