Ordnance is removed from yard<\/p>\n
HANAMAULU, Kauai \u00bb An old, unexploded piece of ordnance sat in a front yard for decades before an elderly woman turned it over to police last week, Kauai officials said.<\/p>\n
On Dec. 8, Kauai police received a call for assistance Monday from a woman who wanted to remove a large artillery shell from her home, police said yesterday.<\/p>\n
According to the woman, the shell, with its primer and warhead still intact, was found by a family member 20 or 25 years ago at the Marine Camp in Nukolii and had been sitting in her front yard since then, officials said.<\/p>\n
The M-79 armor piercing round, almost 3 feet high, was removed by police and kept securely until yesterday, when the Army 706 Explosive Unit detonated the shell at the KPD Firing Range, county officials added.<\/p>\n
Source: http:\/\/www.starbulletin.com\/news\/20081213_Police__Fire.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ordnance is removed from yard HANAMAULU, Kauai \u00bb An old, unexploded piece of ordnance sat in a front yard for decades before an elderly woman turned it over to police last week, Kauai officials said. On Dec. 8, Kauai police received a call for assistance Monday from a woman who wanted to remove a large … <\/p>\n