The discovery of two suspicious packages in the morning mail led to the evacuation Thursday of the state's Multi-Service Center in Glen Burnie, though neither turned out to be sinister.
Maryland State Police, Anne Arundel County Police and other agencies responded, including bomb-sniffing dogs, said Barbara Bauman, the Department of General Services superintendent for the centers.
The offices in the building, which include the Glen Burnie District Court and Department of Social Services, fully resumed operations within a few hours, she said. One package contained a fold-up cane for the Department of Rehabilitative Services, which had moved nearby, and the other was a wrapped pen addressed to a name that was not recognized, she said.