A section of Congress Street reopened Friday afternoon after police determined a suspicious device inside a trash can did not contain explosives.Click to watch reportThe street was closed between Brown and Casco streets for more than three hours Friday while the bomb squad examined the item. Police reopened the street to vehicle and pedestrian traffic around 12:30 p.m.Click to see photos from the scenePolice made the discovery while investigating a robbery at the CVS pharmacy at 510 Congress St. Police arrested Jason Campbell, 39, of Portland in connection with the robbery and bomb scare. A CVS employee identified Campbell as the suspect.Police said they believe the bomb hoax and the robbery are connected.Ryan O'Connor said he ran into Campbell as he and his girlfriend were heading into CVS. They didn't know the store had just been robbed of prescription drugs, or that the robber had told the pharmacist he had an explosive."We saw a guy come out and stick his jacket in the trash and I said, 'Are you putting your winter jacket away already?' and he just looked at us and smiled," O'Connor said. "He seemed real calm and collected. He just put his jacket in the trash and went on his way," O'Connor added.

A section of Congress Street reopened Friday afternoon after police determined a suspicious device inside a trash can did not contain explosives.

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The street was closed between Brown and Casco streets for more than three hours Friday while the bomb squad examined the item. Police reopened the street to vehicle and pedestrian traffic around 12:30 p.m.

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Police made the discovery while investigating a robbery at the CVS pharmacy at 510 Congress St.

Police arrested Jason Campbell, 39, of Portland in connection with the robbery and bomb scare. A CVS employee identified Campbell as the suspect.

Police said they believe the bomb hoax and the robbery are connected.

Ryan O'Connor said he ran into Campbell as he and his girlfriend were heading into CVS. They didn't know the store had just been robbed of prescription drugs, or that the robber had told the pharmacist he had an explosive.

"We saw a guy come out and stick his jacket in the trash and I said, 'Are you putting your winter jacket away already?' and he just looked at us and smiled," O'Connor said. "He seemed real calm and collected. He just put his jacket in the trash and went on his way," O'Connor added.