Crime & Safety
Explosive Ordinance Turned Over To Oceanside Police
Oceanside Police report that a woman walked into the front lobby of the police department on Monday morning with a grenade in a plastic bag.
OCEANSIDE, CA — It was not an ordinary Monday this morning when a local woman walked into the front lobby of the Oceanside Police department with a grenade in a plastic bag, wanting to turn it over to the police. Staff members had the female place the item in one of the interview rooms and evacuated the lobby. Several offices in the main police facility were also evacuated.
After sending the San Diego County Sheriff’s Bomb/Arson Unit a photograph of the item, they advised the grenade was a “training” grenade, capable of creating a small explosion but nothing of significance and referred the response to US Marine Corps explosive unit aboard Camp Pendleton.
As a reminder to citizens who may have a need to turn in found explosives, please leave those items in place and have an officer respond to where the explosive is found.
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