Crime & Safety

Stoughton Police Respond To Grenade Threat

Police were called to a Charles Avenue home Monday night for a report of a possible live grenade.

STOUGHTON, MA — Police were called to a Charles Avenue home Monday night for a report of a possible live grenade.

The Enterprise reports that a woman told police that her boyfriend had held a grenade to his neck for three days. Officers at the scene discovered that the device was a smoke bomb.

The man, who has a history of mental illness, was taken to a hospital for a mental illness evaluation.

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