Authorities say they're looking for a former Aspen resident after a bomb scare effectively shut down this resort town on New Year's Eve, one of its busiest nights of the year.
Suspicious packages and threatening notes were found at two banks, forcing the evacuation of a 16-block downtown area. A fireworks show was pushed back from 8:30 p.m. until midnight and then canceled altogether.
Police said a downtown Wells Fargo Bank first discovered a package with a threatening note at about 2:30 p.m. A nearby Vectra Bank reported a similar package minutes later.
The packages were wrapped in Christmas paper and left on top of pizza boxes in black sleds. The notes indicated a "credible threat to the community," the Aspen Police Department said in a statement.
Authorities didn't elaborate on the contents of the packages or the notes. However, they said a bank surveillance camera got a photo of an older man leaving the packages.
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