The Fourth of July aside, it’s been a potentially explosive month in Cleburne.
Only a few weeks after a man found dynamite in his garage and mere days after a woman found a small explosive device in a warehouse, another woman ran across a grenade while cleaning out her garage.
She took it to the police department to see if it was legal to keep. An officer determined that the grenade appeared to be live, so the officer took it out to the parking lot.
Firefighters who arrived secured the grenade’s handle with packing tape before removing it from the officer’s hand. Once taped, firefighters placed the grenade in a yard adjacent to CPD’s parking lot and away from all bystanders.
Police closed the parking lot area for 1 1/2 to two hours, Sgt. Amy Knoll said.
“We did not have to close the building, and it had no affect on the station or operations,” Knoll said.
Agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrived on scene to remove the grenade and take it away for disposal.
On June 20, Cleburne and Fort Worth firefighters responded to a home on Colonial Drive after the homeowner found dynamite while cleaning out his garage.
The dynamite was thought to be left over from explosives used to blast through rock to install a septic tank when the house was built in 1962, Cleburne Fire Chief Clint Ishmael said.
A FWFD bomb robot removed the dynamite from the garage without incident so that firefighters could dispose of it.
A woman sorting through items purchased at a mini warehouse auction on July 2 uncovered a small explosive device, which firefighters described as about the size of a can of Vienna sausages.
Cleburne and the FWFD bomb squad once again responded and determined the device to be an anti-tank mine actuator. Bomb squad destroyed the device.
“The important thing is, if you find anything like this, just to leave it in place,” Knoll said. “Don’t try to move it or take it anywhere. This stuff can be very unstable and dangerous, particularly with age. The safest thing is to get away, call 911 and we’ll get the fire department out to where you are so that they can figure out what needs to be done.”
Police seek owners
of stolen items
Cleburne police are asking residents in the area south of West Henderson Street and west of South Main Street to inventory their garages. They might just find some of their items have gone missing.
The request especially applies to any residents who may have left their garage doors open any night between July 5 and Friday.
Police arrested three teenagers Friday on charges of burglary of a habitation. Police also seized several items stolen from open garages in the area south of West Henderson and west of South Main but have not been able to identify the specific residences from which the items were stolen.
Residents who find items missing from their garage should call Cleburne police at 817-645-0978.
Theft and burglary calls
Police responded to Applebee’s in the 200 block of West Katherine P. Raines Drive at 12:46 p.m. Friday. Someone smashed the side window of a vehicle and stole a laptop and a cell phone.
A similar crime occurred in the 200 block of West Katherine P. Raines Drive on Sunday. Someone smashed the window of a vehicle and made off with a car DVD player.
Police responded to the 1600 block of West Henderson Street at 12:25 a.m. Monday on a third call involving vehicle burglary. Someone broke into a man’s vehicle and stole the stereo system, two 12-inch speakers and a GO Phoenix 600-watt amplifier.
Police responded to Bethel Temple Church in the 600 block of South Colonial Drive at 4 a.m. Tuesday on a burglar-alarm-sounded call. Someone broke a window of the church, but no property has so far been identified as missing, Knoll said.
Police responded to another burglary call at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday on Meadowbrook Street. Someone attempted to break into a business but was unsuccessful, Knoll said. They did break into a storage building on the property but apparently didn’t take anything, Knoll said.
Robbery suspect still at large
Police are still seeking information on a man who robbed the Dollar General Store on North Main Street on Sunday.
The man entered the store, demanded money from the assistant manager and displayed a gun to the manager. The suspect then fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.
Police describe the suspect as a dark-complected white male, 40 to 60 years old. He stands 5-foot-10 to 6-foot tall, has a goatee and sideburns and a medium, stocky build.
The suspect wore glasses, blue jeans, boots and a skull cap with a yellow necktie or belt tied around it. He also wore a watch on his left wrist and was carrying a zipper bag.
Anyone with information on the robbery should call police.
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Cleburne firefighters secured a grenade brought to the Cleburne Police Department with packing tape before ATF agents arrived to dispose of it. Courtesy photo
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