When deputies arrived in the DeLand neighbourhood, they found the man, who told them he had pulled the pin on the grenade, put the pin back and placed the grenade outside. The man told deputies his neighbour had a second grenade.
That woman said the grenades belonged to her deceased husband, who fought in World War II, and were used as bookends for several years. Deputies called in the bomb squad, who took both grenades to a nearby field and detonated the explosives.
When those grenades exploded a 2-foot crater was left in the ground. No one was hurt in the incident.
There's a news video here.
5 comments:
Yikes! A brilliant move, bringing deadly, live explosives home when you return from a war and using them as decorations. Maybe the husband was wounded to the head.
An even more brilliant move is pulling the pin.
What about if this was in fact a murder attempt? What if the woman intentionally gave the grenade she knew could be dangerous to her neighbour she disliked who she knew was curious to a fault and was likely to pull the pin? What a devious woman!
Keyword: Florida.
Hey Insolitus....Or maybe the husband wasn't a compulsively risk-adverse safety nazi? Besides after being under fire in battle, having a few grenades as bookends would seem perfectly safe and sane.
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