Brooklyn, NY - Empty Bags Puzzle Police

Brooklyn, NY - The NYPD are investigating whether a slew of unattended bags found around Brooklyn was a hoax.

About 1500 hours, police started spotting suspicious briefcases, luggage and duffel bags in Park Slope. A grid search of the area turned up bags on Eighth Ave. and Carroll St. as well as spots on Union St., Montgomery Place and Berkeley Place. About nine bags had been found as of last night. "The more we're investigating them, the more we are seeing them," a police source said.

The bags were all empty. So far, none of the bags contained anything hazardous.