Local News in Brief : Live Grenade Found Near Lake Hughes
A live hand grenade with its pin pulled halfway out was discovered by a park manager Sunday in a campground and recreational area near Lake Hughes, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies said.
Sheriff’s Deputy Gabe Ramirez said the park manager found the unexploded military Mark II grenade on the shore near the lake about 12:30 p.m. The grenade was retrieved by the sheriff’s arson and explosives unit, which detonated it at nearby Peter J. Pitchess Honor Rancho, a county jail in Castaic.
Deputies said they did not know who left the grenade at the recreational area.
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