GRENADE REMOVED FROM SPRING VALLEY HOME

March 2019 Articles

East County News Service

Photo: Creative Commons image per S.A. of a similar Korean War era device

March 8, 2019 (Spring Valley) – Sheriff’s deputies received a call this morning from a resident on Margaret Court, Spring Valley who said his 93-year-old neighbor had given him a grenade.

Detectives responded and it was determined that the device was an inert Korean War era grenade. It was removed from the area for proper disposal, says detective John Debus.

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Comments

"inert?"

Does the Sheriff mean 'inert' or defused? Lots of people have acquired over the years, those devices that were made harmless for mantle pieces. If he/she meant defused, this would not be news to most anyone.