Suspicious packages prompt evacuation of Dallas courtroom

A courtroom in the U.S. city of Dallas was evacuated Wednesday after two suspicious packages were found, local media reported. The suspicious packages were found in the 203rd Court on the 7th floor of the Frank Crowley Courthouse, according to local TV channel FOX4. Dallas Fire-Rescue representative Jason Evans said two envelopes containing an unknown white powder were mailed to the courthouse. The courtroom was cleared after the finding of the items, said Dallas County Sheriff's Department representative Carmen Castro. In May, there was a similar scare at the Crowley after a " suspicious package" was found, according to newspaper Dallas Morning News. That suspicious package contained what authorities soon learned was nothing more than a crushed white powder, according to the newspaper.