Crime & Safety
Grenade Found In Middletown Home Sunday Was Inert, Police Say
A grenade that was removed from a Middletown home Sunday morning — prompting a large police presence — turned out to be inert.
MIDDLETOWN, NJ — A grenade that was removed from a Middletown home Sunday — prompting a large police presence — turned out to be inert.
Middletown Police announced this 24 hours later, on Monday afternoon.
At 10:53 a.m. Sunday, Middletown Police responded to a 911 call that a homeowner had discovered "an object of concern" in a home, and it was possibly a hand grenade, News 12 reported.
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The New Jersey State Police Bomb Squad was called in, and they removed the unexploded device.
Middletown Police said the residents did the correct thing by calling 911 to report what they found.
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