TRAFFIC STOP YIELDS EXPLOSIVE FIND: LIVE GRENADE IN TRUNK

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January 16, 2011 (El Cajon) – El Cajon Police Officer Dan Hansen stopped a car for a registration violation at 9 p.m. tonight at the intersection of Greenfield and Main. The car had not been registered for six months and was to be impounded, so an inventory was taken and a live grenade was found in the trunk.

Officers evacuated businesses near the car, and closed down the intersection.

The Sheriff’s Department Bomb Squad and ATF were called. Bomb technicians confirmed that the grenade was live, and the driver of the car was arrested.

The driver, Geoffrey Curtis Killen, born March 21, 1981, will be booked into San Diego County Jail and charged with possession and transportation of a destructive device. Federal charges may also be filed at a later date.
 


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