10 Grenades found in 98-year-old woman’s Brooklyn basement
14 June 2022 |
1:47 pm
Police discovered ten hand grenades in the basement of a recently deceased 98-year-old woman’s home. The discovery was made by someone cleaning out the elderly woman’s basement after she died in March.
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