[CPEO-MEF] A 'show and tell' grenade Woman finds it, takes it to work

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A 'show and tell' grenade Woman finds it, takes it to work

By Teresa Stepzinski
Morris News Service

BRUNSWICK -- A live rust-encrusted hand grenade was safely recovered 
Monday after a Brunswick woman who told police she found it at the 
historic St. Simons Island Lighthouse took it to her job to show 
co-workers.

The grenade was eased from the center console of the woman's car by a 
member of an explosive ordnance disposal team from Kings Bay Naval 
Submarine Base in St. Marys.

After securing the explosive in an ammunition-style box, the team took 
it away to be detonated at a safe disposal site, Brunswick police said.

Police had closed the auto parts store plus an adjacent business and 
sealed off the parking lot as well as two neighboring streets for about 
90 minutes after Asia Portis reported that she'd found the grenade and 
had it inside her car.

"She told us that she'd found it at the lighthouse, right up next to the 
building, in the grass on St. Simons Island about 1 a.m.," said Sgt. 
Kevin Jones, Brunswick Police Department spokesman. "She said that she'd 
just been out walking when she saw it in the grass and picked it up 
because she didn't want any kids to get it."

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