Military Munition Discovered in California Aqueduct

Hesperia, California A woman videoing debris exposed by low water levels inside the California Aqueduct in Hesperia discovered more than trash. According to a spokesperson for the Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, she reported a potential military ordnance inside the water channel.

Deputies responded who then requested assistance from the Sheriff's Department Bombs and Arson Division. They located the mortar and disposed of it via controlled detonation in the aqueduct.

There was no information about the type of ordnance or how it came to be lying in the waterway.