Former mayor Sam Massell apologizes for Buckhead guidebooks that caused bomb scare

• Buckhead Coalition
• We underestimated your power, almighty Buckhead Guidebook.

A box of shiny tourist Buckhead guidebooks forced part of the north Atlanta neighborhood to a halt earlier today.

Atlanta Police evacuated the Wells Fargo located at 4454 Roswell Road after someone called in a suspicious package inside the bank. Officers proceeded to shut down the intersection of Roswell and Wieuca roads before they detonated an unmarked carton filled with local guidebooks distributed by the Buckhead Coalition.

“SWAT removed the package from the bank and used a disruptor on it to render it safe,” said Atlanta Police spokesperson Kim Jones. “The package turned out to be guidebooks.”

According to the Reporter Newspapers, Buckhead Coalition president and former Atlanta mayor Sam Massell later apologized for a deliveryman’s “poor judgment” after he left the highly informative enchiridions inside the financial institution.

“We regret the inconvenience the Buckhead guidebooks caused individuals and businesses in the area and compliment those in charge of involving appropriate law enforcement management of the situation,” Massell said in a statement.

Since Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings, people have been on edge about unattended bags and suspicious boxes and containers. Massell managed to make light of today’s situation once it died down. In addition to his apology, he acknowledged that he was delighted that some “humorist” called the Coalition and praised the civic group for its “widespread” distribution of the guidebooks.