Grenades Found In Nursing Home Refrigerator

NYACK, NY — Two grenades were found in a nursing home resident's refrigeration in Central Nyack on Friday.

At 2:53 p.m. Friday, the Clarkstown Police Department received a report of a suspicious device found inside the Tappan Zee Manor Nursing Home at 51 Mountainview Ave.

Police said an extensive search of the building was conducted.

One training hand grenade and one metal hand grenade were found in the refrigerator of a 91-year-old resident who is currently out of the facility for medical treatment.

A cautionary sweep of his vehicle was also conducted, and no devices were found, police said.

The Rockland County Sheriff's Bomb Squad removed the two grenades, and they will X-ray them to see if they were live. They appear to be World War II-era devices.

All residents have been returned to the home, police said.