GRENADE FOUND, BROUGHT HOME

Montco Bomb Squad investigating report of grenade brought home from Green Lane Reservoir, per reports

The incident has closed a portion of Line Lexington Road Sunday afternoon.

Photo by James Short.

The incident has closed a portion of Line Lexington Road Sunday afternoon.

  • Public Safety

Montgomery County Bomb Squad has responded to a home on the 2500 block of Line Lexington Road in Hatfield Township after it was reported Sunday afternoon that a resident found a grenade at Green Lane Reservoir and brought it home, according to Montgomery County emergency dispatch.

Reports stated that the house has been evacuated as of 3:15 p.m. and the grenade is on the kitchen table. Ammo was also found near the grenade at the reservoir, per reports, but is unknown if the resident brought home the ammunition.

Bomb squad members were seen wrapping something in a black fabric and placing it carefully inside a van around 4:30 p.m.

    By James Short 

Line Lexington is closed at Merel Road and Trewigtown Road. Colmar Fire and Hatfield Police are on scene for assistance.

There are no injuries and no reported threat to the public.



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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at [email protected]. Tony graduated from Kutztown University and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. He was born and raised in and around Lansdale and attended North Penn High School. Lansdale born. St. Patrick's Day, 1980.

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