At 5:09 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, police received a call for an unattended suitcase located on the north side of the Stewart Manor train station, in the vicinity of the waiting area.

Garden City officers responded to the scene and as a precaution called in the MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) K-9 Unit, along with the Nassau County Bomb Squad. The Garden City Fire Department also responded to help police detour all vehicular and pedestrian traffic. MTA police ordered all train service stopped between the Bellerose and Nassau Boulevard stations in both directions and area streets were closed off.

Once sniffing dogs and the county's Bomb Squad deemed the suitcase non-hazardous, the scene was cleared shortly after 7 p.m.