Bomb Squad Called To Wheatland Police Department After Citizen Brings In WWII Grenade
WHEATLAND (CBS13) — The Beale Air Force bomb squad was called out to Wheatland Thursday morning after a citizen found a WWII grenade in his yard.
Officials said the citizen took the grenade, which still had a fuse, to the Wheatland Police Department. Based on the "seriousness of the grenade," police called out the Beale bomb squad, who detonated it at a safe place on base.
Swipe through pictures from the incident:
Police warned the community to not touch or try to move any explosive you may come across. Instead, leave it be and call your local law enforcement agency.