A Grenade on the Lawn

On the morning of November 18, Ms. Judy Messenger of Birchwood Lane in Hartsdale found a strange item on her lawn. It looked like a grenade, and without realizing it could be live, she picked it up and threw it into her garbage can.

She called the police who brought members of the Greenburgh SWAT and Technical Rescue team to investigate. The Westchester County Police Bomb Squad was also put on notice.

The SWAT team found the hand grenade in the garbage can with the safety pin intact and spoon attached. They identified it as a World War II era Mk2 style hand grenade and determined that it was inert. The fuse had been deactivated and the grenade was hollow. Police searched the area for clues to the origin of the grenade.

Could this incident be related to one that involved a live bazooka rocket that was found in the attic of a Joyce Road home in Hartsdale in May? Is someone storing arms from World War II in the neighborhood?