THOUSAND OAKS : Man Finds Grenade Outside Home
A Thousand Oaks man who thought he spotted a green ball on his lawn Thursday morning instead discovered it was a military hand grenade and carried it into his house until police arrived, deputies said.
Deputies did not find any note indicating why the grenade was left at the residence of Karl Braun, 37, said Lt. Bill Montigo of The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department. He said the grenade appeared to be live and had military markings.
The department’s bomb specialist “removed it gingerly,” placing the grenade in a safety-lined barrel inside a bomb trailer, Montigo said.
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