Sheriff Ted Heaton reports that in the late afternoon of Wednesday, April 13 a report came in of a hand-grenade that had been found in the City of Moscow at Michelle Daniels’ home. Michelle had found the grenade in an old fence line while she was mowing. Not knowing, she picked it up and moved it up closer to her house. Sheriff Heaton arrived at the scene. He, being worried about it being so close to the house, moved it again a safer distance away.

After the other Stevens County Deputies arrived, Deputy Lines moved it even further away where it was marked. The Kansas Highway Patrol Bomb Squad was notified. They arrived and took possession of the grenade. The bomb squad then took the grenade to the gun range where it was properly disposed of.

The public should be aware if coming across something like this in the future, stay away, don’t touch it and notify the Stevens County Sheriff Department immediately.

Sheriff Heaton stresses, “Be sure to give this kind of situation a lot of room. Do not make any attempt to move it, just stay away.”