Gift-wrapped manure addressed to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin: police

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LOS ANGELES -- Police on Saturday investigated a suspicious package addressed to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, CBS Los Angeles reports. The package was found on Bel Air Road, near Mnuchin's home, in Los Angeles.

The package was gift-wrapped and filled with manure, police say, CBS Los Angeles' Cristy Fajardo reports.

The package was found at a neighbor's home but was addressed to Mnuchin, which police say raised alarm bells.

LAPD officers, the bomb squad and the Secret Service poured into the area.

A neighbor, Prince Frederick von Anhalt, said he and others who live above the home were trapped for about two hours, until police found out it was filled with manure and cleared the scene.

"This is Bel Air. You have $50 million houses and all of a sudden we can't move? We can't go out?" he said. "That's bad. They have to find another way."

The LAPD said the Secret Service took over the investigation.

pijinglish on December 24th, 2017 at 15:45 UTC »

The wiki on Mnuchin's neighbor is...something.

Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt is a German-American entrepreneur best known as the last husband, since December 2016 widower of late film actress Zsa Zsa Gabor. He changed his name after paying titular Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt to adopt him as an adult.

DrLager on December 24th, 2017 at 15:14 UTC »

What animal did the manure come from? What color was the wrapping paper? How much manure was there?

Sick and goddamn fuckin' tired of lazy-ass reporting.

jtdusk on December 24th, 2017 at 15:09 UTC »

C'mon, you're supposed to light the bag of poop on fire. Kids today, no respect for the classics.