Update: Woman charged with leaving suspicious package outside school

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – A Lexington woman is charged with terroristic threatening and is scheduled to appear before a judge Thursday.

Court documents say Lexington Police arrested 56-year-old Sharon Melborne for leaving a suspicious package outside of Tates Creek Elementary Wednesday morning.

Melbourne was arrested near the school. Court documents also reveal that she lived nearby.

The suspicious package was first noticed by a school staff member who reported it to authorities, according to investigators.

Lexington Police and Lexington Fire responded, blocked off streets on the school campus, evacuated the faculty, staff and students across the street to the Tates Creek Middle School gym and investigated the package.

Once it was determined the package was not a threat, everyone was allowed to return to Tates Creek Elementary.