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False alarm led to evacuation of Buckhead abortion clinic

By Christian Boone
March 23, 2012

The suspicious package that led to the evacuation of a Buckhead abortion clinic Friday afternoon turned out to be a bag of clothes, an Atlanta police spokesman said.

The clinic is located in the 1800 block of Piedmont Avenue.

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A native Atlantan, Boone joined the AJC staff in 2007. He quickly carved out a niche covering crime stories, assuming the public safety beat in 2014. He's covered some of the biggest trials this decade, from Hemy Neuman to Ross Harris to Chip Olsen, the latter of which was featured on Season 7 of the AJC's award-winning "Breakdown" podcast.

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