'Thank you' cookies sent to North Carolina elections office prompt emergency response

The pineapple-shaped cookies were shipped from a Hawaii address.

No bully deed goes unpunished for predetermination workers successful North Carolina.

A thank-you coming of pineapple-shaped cookies delivered to nan Wake County Board of Elections prompted a hazmat consequence connected Tuesday aft predetermination workers raised concerns astir a suspicious package mailed from Hawaii.

“We are conscionable connected precocious alert pinch these things automatically,” Wake County elections master Danner McCulloh told ABC News, who cited caller incidents of suspicious packages containing powder sent to predetermination offices crossed nan country.

The Raleigh Police and Fire Departments quickly responded to nan incident -- which was treated arsenic a hazmat business -- and explosive technicians X-rayed nan package, according to Lt. Jason Borneo of nan Raleigh Police Department.

In this photograph released by nan Raleigh Police Department, a thank-you coming of pineapple-shaped cookies delivered to nan Wake County Board of Elections is shown that prompted a hazmat consequence connected Oct. 29, 2024, aft predetermination workers raised concerns astir a suspicious package mailed from Hawaii.

Raleigh Police Department

After nan package was deemed to not beryllium a threat, officials opened nan package to study it was afloat of pineapple-shaped cookies from nan Honolulu Cookie Company. The package, which was mailed from a Hawaii address, besides included a handwritten thank-you note, according to a Raleigh Fire Department spokesperson.

The operations astatine Wake County Board of Elections were not impacted during nan incident, a region spokesperson said.

According to McCulloh, a personification who heard a power communicative astir Wake County decided to nonstop nan cookies unannounced to convey predetermination workers.

Election Day precinct officials person training astatine Wake County Board of Elections office successful Raleigh, NC, Sept. 26, 2024.

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“It was a benignant gesture,” McCulloh said, though he recommended against others sending cookies to his office.