PORT ANGELES — The State Patrol bomb squad was called in when a Port Angeles resident found a grenade or mine sitting on a window sill of his home Monday evening.
The device was likely not malicious, but because no one knew for sure where it came from, Port Angeles police took precautions by shutting down the 1900 block of West Sixth Street — where the home is — as well as the alley behind the home, said Cpl. Bob Ensor.
“The resident who found it wasn’t the original homeowner, but his relative has some known connections to being a World War II veteran, so it is probably some kind of memorabilia, but we don’t know if it is stable,” Ensor said.
He declined to name the resident or the homeowner or give the exact address.
“We wanted to take an abundance of safety,” he said.
The call came in at about 4:30 p.m. when the resident found the object that either was an anti-personnel mine or a grenade, and police responded.
The State Patrol bomb squad from Bremerton arrived around 7:30 p.m. and took the device to an undisclosed location to destroy it.
“We did this out of an abundance of precaution, but I don’t think anyone is in trouble for this,” Ensor said.
