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Couple Stuck Inside for Hours After Finding Live, Extremely Volatile WWII-Era Japanese Bomb People 5/6/2021 © Provided by People Pamela Coffey A Missouri couple cleaning up their yard got way more than they bargained for when they stumbled upon a World War II-era bomb from Japan — and brought it inside their home, unaware that it was still live. Sam Coffey and his wife Pamela Lovett were working in their yard in Barnhart on Saturday when Lovett came upon something shaped like a cylinder,...

A Missouri woman found more than weeds poking out of the soil in her yard this weekend. Pamela Coffey told CNN that she was just about to take lunch break from doing yard work on Saturday when she spotted a small metal object jutting out from the soil under her feet. Thats when she discovered what she later identified -- with help from the internet -- as a WWII mortar. Coffey, who moved to the property 16 months ago, said that the unusually shaped object -- which was covered in dirt and grime a...

Pamela Coffey said the bomb squad X-rayed the device and determined it was live. It was then handed over to the Air Force.

Jefferson County family finds World War II-era Japanese bomb in yard "Were trying to figure out what the heck this thing is when from the kitchen she yells, Stop! I think that might be a bomb!" Author: Michelle Li Updated: 11:02 PM CDT May 2, 2021 BARNHART, Mo. — Sam Coffey and his wife Pamela Lovett were out in their yard working to prevent some erosion on their rural property when Pamela noticed a strange object in the ground. "It was a little bit larger than...

  WINDSOR, ONT. -- Windsor Police patrol officers were called to the 1200 block of Richmond Street around 3 a.m. Wednesday for a white Chevrolet utility van engulfed in flames. Emergency Services Personnel on scene extinguished the fire. Windsor Police Arson Unit conducted an investigation and determined that the vehicle was unoccupied during the incident and no injuries were reported. They believe the van was deliberately set on fire. The Arson Unit continue to actively investigate the i...

Fire destroys El Cajon apartment, 2 residents rescued Copyright Associated Press and last updated 2021-04-18 20:09:16-04 EL CAJON, Calif. (KGTV) -- A fire damaged three units at an apartment complex in El Cajon Sunday morning. The fire was reported some time after 7 a.m. at the building on Chatham Street near Fletcher Parkway. When firefighters arrived, they extended a ladder and rescued two residents. No serious injuries were reported. Investigators said they were still working through details...

Family mourns 66-year-old KCMO grandmother who died Wednesday in suspicious fire Family mourns KCMO grandmother who died in suspicious fire and last updated 2021-04-02 00:17:34-04 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, police have opened a suspicious death investigation after a 3-year-old boy was critically injured and The woman who died in the fire is 66-year-old Dora Gamble, according to her daughter, and the injured 3-year-old is a grandson Gamble was raising. “I think the ques...

A man who earlier this year allegedly harassed his former girlfriend and threatened to plant a bomb in her car was back in court on Thursday after mobile phone localisation placed him in Senglea at the time that the woman’s car was set on fire last December.  Omar Djelassi, a 23-year old Cospicua resident, was charged with damaging the woman’s car as well as another car parked nearby and the façade of a residence on the night of December 16. He was also accused of harassing and threatenin...

A man has been arrested in connection with a car fire in Senglea in December. The police said on Thursday the arrest followed intensive investigations by the A

The shooting occurred Thursday afternoon by South Fifth Street and Maple Court in Beechmont, according to Louisville authorities.