Overview
- Secret Service advance teams spotted an unidentified item off Southern Boulevard near Palm Beach International Airport before the president’s Sunday departure.
- The motorcade used a pre-planned alternate route as a precaution, and Air Force One was staged on a different side of the airfield with exterior lights off.
- The president departed Florida and arrived in Washington on schedule, with officials reporting no impact to movements.
- The Secret Service, FBI and Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office are investigating, sections of Southern Boulevard were briefly closed, and no individuals were found at the location.
- Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said the object was a cloth sack considered nonthreatening, and teams expanded searches Monday with plans to clear underbrush near the treeline.