THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, March 27, 1995 TAG: 9503270034
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B3 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
DATELINE: NEWPORT NEWS LENGTH: Short : 25 lines
A hand grenade - pin safely in place - was found near some railroad tracks by a passer-by just before noon Sunday.
The device was eventually turned over to explosives experts from the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station.
The grenade was found about 11:15 a.m. along the tracks that parallel 39th Street. Police took it to a field near Booker T. Washington Middle School and cordoned off the area until explosives experts arrived.
``It was a real hand grenade, but it had its pin in place,'' said Capt. Rick Blaylock of the Fire Department.
``There are many guesses as to how it just cropped up. But we have no information other than it was just there.'' by CNB