If a grenade found in a Rossville home on Saturday turns out to be live, the man who possessed it likely will be charged, Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson said Sunday.
Larry Wilson’s younger sister said she was cleaning out the home on West Circle Drive where Wilson lives with his 75-year-old mother when she found the grenade in his room. The sister, who did not wish to be identified, said she panicked and called police. They ordered the home evacuated.
Walker County deputies searched the house and a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent took the grenade for testing, Sheriff Wilson said.
“He’s not sure if it’s a live grenade,” he said.
Larry Wilson, 54, was already in jail, charged with battery in the alleged beating of his mother.
If the explosive is a live grenade, he will face charges, the sheriff said.
Georgia law defines grenades as “dangerous weapons” and bans anyone from possessing them if they have not been rendered inoperable, according to the Georgia State University College of Law website.