Live Explosive Device Found in UPS Drop Box at Cleveland ICE Office Complex, Seven Buildings Evacuated

On Monday, June 15, 2026, Federal Protective Service agents conducting a routine sweep at 925 Keynote Circle in Brooklyn Heights, Ohio, discovered a suspicious package in a UPS drop box inside a publicly accessible lobby. A law enforcement K-9 alerted investigators to the box, which the ATF's Columbus division confirmed contained what it called a "hazardous device."

At least seven buildings in the complex were evacuated as a precaution, according to Fox 8 News as reported by Fox News Digital and BNO News.

Brooklyn Heights Fire Chief Mike Lasky told WJW that the package was found during a routine inspection. The FBI, ATF, and local law enforcement all responded to the scene in coordination with FPS.

925 Keynote Circle is a multi-agency government office complex. It houses a Cleveland Homeland Security office, a satellite location for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under ICE's Detroit Field Office, and according to Fox News Digital, other government operations including legal offices and bond acceptance offices. The building is not a high-profile public-facing headquarters. It's a working field office, which makes a UPS drop box in the lobby a straightforward delivery point for the agencies inside.

An FPS spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital that the situation has been resolved and the all-clear was given to reoccupy the building as of Monday. ATF Columbus stated that the FBI has taken over the investigation and that any further details about the device or the ongoing inquiry will be released by the FBI.

As of June 15, 2026, no arrests have been announced and no suspect has been publicly identified, according to BNO News.

Neither the ATF nor the FBI has released details about the device's construction, intended target, or how long it had been in the drop box before the K-9 alert. It is not known whether the package was addressed to a specific agency or individual inside the complex. BNO News noted it was also not immediately clear whether all of the offices at the complex were affected by the evacuation, or only portions of the building.

Some observers argue that reporting on this incident primarily through the lens of ICE and DHS shapes the narrative toward targeted anti-immigration-enforcement violence before that has been established. The explosive was found at a multi-agency complex, and nothing in the sourced material from FPS, ATF, or the FBI specifies which office or agency was the intended target, or confirms that the device was placed in response to immigration enforcement activity. Framing this as an attack on ICE specifically, before the FBI has said so, gets ahead of the evidence. The location is factual: the complex does house an ICE satellite office. Reporting that is not editorializing.

This incident is not isolated from a broader pattern. The WFMD/Fox News Digital report linked to a separate recent incident in which a Cuban migrant reportedly brought white powder to a Florida ICE center, hospitalizing a guard and prompting evacuation there. Those are separate events, but they reflect ongoing security pressures at federal immigration facilities.

Ground News aggregated eight articles on this story as of Monday afternoon, with coverage ranging from Raw Story on the left to Fox News on the right. The factual core was consistent across outlets: the device was real, the evacuation happened, the FBI is investigating. No outlet had materially divergent facts, though Raw Story's headline framed it as a "DHS office" story while Fox News leaned into the ICE angle.

The FBI has not set a public timeline for releasing investigative details. The central unresolved question is straightforward: who placed the device in that drop box, and when. Until the FBI releases more, the motive and target remain unknown.