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Para drop on Boston false alarm

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BOSTON, July 26 (UPI) -- Police Monday investigated reports that parachutists landed near the Democratic convention site in Boston, The Boston Channel.com reported.

NewsCenter5 reported Sunday night that military police said two parachutists landed just after midnight in the yard of the Charles River Park condominium complex near the Fleet Center where the Democratic National Convention begins Monday night.

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Other reports said more parachutists had landed on top of the Tip O'Neill Federal Building right beside the FleetCenter, The BostonChannel.com said.

Police searched the top of the buildings and the ground around them, backed by SWAT teams and helicopters, but nothing was found and state police said no one was arrested, the report said.

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