Yard Sale Preparations Lead to Hand Grenade Find

Cape May, New Jersey The Atlantic City Bomb Squad responded to a residence in North Cape May after the property owners discovered a hand grenade in an old garage while preparing for a yard sale. Lower Township Police responded immediately and shut down the nearby streets to set up an exclusion zone for the bomb squad.

The bomb squad secured the grenade for transport to a local range for disposal in coordination with military EOD. According to a press release by police, the hand grenade was discovered by a couple who were cleaning out a garage that no one had looked through in more than 30 years. They had inherited the property from an uncle and were renting it out.

In the press release, the Lower Township Police Department reminded residents that "if they discover artillery, it should not be touched or moved. Artillery should be left in place for appropriately trained and equipped authorities to assess and remove."