Posted on 09/08/2025 12:50:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Salinas police determined that a grenade that was donated a Salinas Goodwill was determined to be a fake.
The item was donated to the Goodwill Central Coast Outlet at 1566 Moffett Street.
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad was called to assist, and they detonated the potential explosive and determined it to be a fake.
The parking lot was evacuated, but employees remained inside the building. No customers are being allowed inside. It is undetermined whether the store will be reopened.
Police are at the scene gathering more details.
“Grenade Donated to Salinas Goodwill Determined to be Fake”
what’d they do: pull the pin and it didn’t go bang, or noticed the big hole in the bottom where the explosive had been emptied out to make a cool paperweight ...
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