Not lovin' it: Active military-grade grenade found outside McDonald's
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An active military-grade hand grenade was uncovered Saturday afternoon in the parking lot outside a Maryland McDonald's.
The Frederick News-Post (http://bit.ly/1McQ7Y5 ) reports a bomb technician with the Office of the State Marshal secured and removed the active grenade.
Dale Ednock, the bomb technician, told the News-Post the grenade found lodged about a foot under the pavement was there for quite some time. Ednock said it was likely a relic of the military base located in Thurmont, about 65 miles northwest of Baltimore, several decades ago.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ednock said if the grenade had gone off, anyone in the vicinity could have suffered severe injuries, or death.
The grenade was found about 1 p.m. by a landscaping crew.
Customers and employees were evacuated, and roads in all directions were shut down.