(La Porte County, IN) - What was thought to be a possible bomb turned out to be a false alarm at a Family Express just outside La Porte.

According to the La Porte County Sheriff’s Office, the area around the Family Express was secured at U.S. 35 and Johnson Road Thursday afternoon.  Police said an unlabeled styrofoam package was on the ground beneath a U.S. Postal Service mailbox near the storefront.  Members of the Porter County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad responded and deemed the package safe after x-raying it.

The package was then opened and inside was a porcelain doll house, police said.  Whoever owns the doll house is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at (219) 326-7700.