PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – Pembroke Pines police responded to a home Friday morning after grenades were found in the garage, authorities said.
“Pretty scary. I’m wondering what’s going on with grenades in the house,” Richard Spaleny, a resident in the neighborhood said.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad and K9 units were also called to the home in the Pasadena Estates community in the area of Northwest 202nd Avenue and Fifth Street to help safely remove the grenades.
“My wife gets an alert on her cell phone and the alert says that there was some kind of bomb scare or grenade scare or something,” Spaleny said.
Residents say the home had been vacant for months after the previous owner passed away.
Sky 10 was above the scene just after 11 a.m. as multiple police vehicles were parked outside the home. Police temporarily evacuated nearby residents in an abundance of caution.
Police announced shortly before 1 p.m. that the grenades had been safely removed from the home and the scene had been cleared.
According to authorities, the grenades had been legally owned by the previous homeowner, who is no longer alive.