Dead animal, brick with a name left at congressman's house

An upstate New York congressman said he and his family were threatened with a dead animal and a brick bearing a family member’s name at his home Friday.The brick and the animal were found at Republican Rep. Tom Reed's house after 10:30 a.m., according to the Corning Police Department, which said it was working with state police and federal agencies to investigate, according to WIVB-TV.Neither Reed nor police specified what kind of animal it was or provided other details.