Pittsburgh police have blocked off the area around the corner of Seventh and Penn downtown after a suspicious package was found in the region of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's crotch. Bomb technicians are on the scene and speculate it could be explosives, or it could be that puberty has set in.
Deputy Chad Hermann, who serves writs for the Sheriff's Office, noticed the package as the mayor walked down Penn Avenue around 8 a.m. Hermann asked this reporter to point out to that he "wasn't purposefully looking at the mayor's crotch area, just as I wouldn't look at any man's crotch area or have any desire to see a man's penis. I just sort of glanced at him and it was pretty hard -- that is, it was pretty hard to miss."
Fellow deputies secured the scene, moving children several blocks away and charging other bystanders admission.
The mayor's Chief of Staff Yarone Zober issued the following statement: "Can that Luke fill out his pants or what!"
