Updated: December 21, 2017

A WORLD WAR 2 ERA JAPANESE GRENADE WAS FOUND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT A SCRAP YARD IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE TIMES DAILY, FLORENCE POLICE BOMB SQUAD WAS CALLED TO THORTON SCRAP METAL NEAR ELGIN AROUND 1. THE GRENADE WAS FOUND IN A BIN WITH SCRAP METAL AND WAS X-RAYED ON SIGHT BUT RESULTS WERE INCLUSIVE TO WHETHER IT WAS LIVE OR NOT. THE GRENADE WAS SECURED AND TRANSPORTED TO A LOCATION WHERE IT WILL BE STORED WHILE IT IS BEING EXAMINED UNITL A DECISION IS MADE ON HOW TO DESTROY IT. THE U.S ARMY EXPLOSIVE ORDANCE DISPOSAL RESPONSE TEAM HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.