Suspicious package stops trains through Naperville

The west side of Naperville's 5th Avenue train station has been evacuated, trains on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad have been stopped in both directions, and schools in the area have been placed on lock-down as authorities investigate a suspicious package left in the bushes near the station.

Cmdr. Dave Hoffman said at 1:15 p.m. today that the DuPage County Bomb Detection Unit is responding to the scene as well as dogs from the Metra Police Department, which are specially trained for explosives detection.

The package was described as a suitcase, and it appeared several suspects purposely concealed it in some bushes sometime this morning along Ellsworth Street adjacent the 5th Avenue Station, authorities said.

Hoffman said the area has been secured pending identification of the device.