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Suspicious White Powder Found At Brooklyn Courthouse, NYPD Says

Suspicious White Powder At Brooklyn Courthouse
BROOKLYN, : Federal and New York City Police guard the Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, during the bail hearing of Russian government official Pavel Borodin, who is alleged by Swiss investigators to have laundered hundreds of millions of US dollars, 25 January, 2001. Russian Ambassador to the US Uri Ushakov spoke to the court and offered to keep Borodin at the Russian Embassy if the judge would release him on bail but the judge refused. AFP PHOTO/Matt CAMPBELL (Photo credit should read MATT CAMPBELL/AFP/Getty Images)
BROOKLYN, : Federal and New York City Police guard the Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, during the bail hearing of Russian government official Pavel Borodin, who is alleged by Swiss investigators to have laundered hundreds of millions of US dollars, 25 January, 2001. Russian Ambassador to the US Uri Ushakov spoke to the court and offered to keep Borodin at the Russian Embassy if the judge would release him on bail but the judge refused. AFP PHOTO/Matt CAMPBELL (Photo credit should read MATT CAMPBELL/AFP/Getty Images)

The NYPD has confirmed that police are investigating a suspicious white powder found Tuesday at the U.S. District Court House for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn.

Talking Points Memo reports the powder was found in a letter labeled 'anthrax.'

The building, located at 225 Cadman Plaza, in on lockdown, but TPM reports the quarantine is restricted to the first floor.

A federal judge heard arguments at the courthouse Tuesday morning in a high-profile case regarding access to the morning-after pill.

There have a been a rash of suspicious packages in New York City recently. On Monday, a suspicious package at Grand Central Terminal turned out to be a bag full of trash.

This is a developing story...

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