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Grenade Scare at Wickenburg McDonalds
Updated: Sunday, 29 Nov 2009, 2:48 PM MST
Published : Saturday, 28 Nov 2009, 2:39 PM MST

WICKENBURG, Ariz. - A McDonalds in Wickenburg was evacuated and a 37-year-old El Salvadoran man is under arrest after a bomb scare Saturday morning.

DPS says they were making a traffic stop about 7:20 a.m. Saturday on a Dodge Intrepid that was driving erratically on U.S. 60. After a license plate check, officers found the vehicle was reported stolen out of the Phoenix area.

The driver stopped the car at a McDonalds restaurant. DPS says that when the officer got out, he pulled out a hand grenade and it fell to the ground.

"About 8:00, police came in and they told us we had to evacuate the store and that we had a bomb alert," says McDonalds manager Virgil Demby.

The man was handcuffed and secured in the DPS vehicle, and the McDonalds was evacuated.
Wickenburg Police and Fire set up a perimeter outside the McDonalds and explosives personnel were called.

Authorities determined the device was a military-grade "Pineapple" grenade that was inert but could be made active.

The driver is suspected of being an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador, 37-year-old Jose Santos.

Santos has been charged with DUI, theft/possession of a stolen license plate, theft/possession of a stolen vehicle, aggravated assault on a police officer, and misconduct with a weapon.

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news...ade-11-28-2009

[Jeanfromfillmore]

Just like AnswerLA has said to us many times, they are our terrorists and they're proud of it. Yet, the media tell us they are just here to feed their families. Ya, those families they create while being here and working on our destruction.