Artillery Shell Discovered at Florida Landfill

Interlachen, Florida The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office's (SJCSO) bomb squad was called in when a front-end loader operator spotted an artillery round on top of a pile of debris.

Sheriff's Deputies secured the area and emailed photos of the item to the bomb squad. After verifying with military personnel and taking an x-ray of the shell, it was determined the object was a shrapnel shell that did contain shrapnel.

The shell was moved to a remote area by the bomb squad where it was destroyed. It is unknown how the munition arrived at the landfill.