NEWHALL : Deputies Explode Box, Find No Bomb

A suspicious package left in front of a Newhall apartment building Friday by a man who allegedly assaulted a woman who resides there was exploded by a sheriff’s bomb squad and found to contain threatening letters but no explosives, sheriff’s deputies said.

Lt. Robert Elson of the Santa Clarita sheriff’s substation said the woman, whom he would not identify, called deputies to report that she had been accosted by the man, and that he had left behind a cardboard box she thought contained explosives.

Deputies evacuated about a dozen residents of the building in the 23700 block of Valle de Oro before exploding the box. Residents were allowed to return to their homes at about 1:40 p.m.

Elson said deputies are looking for the man, whom he did not identify, for questioning.