ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque man is facing a federal charge after a modified hand grenade was found inside his home, according to New Mexico’s United States Attorney’s Office.
The Albuquerque Police Department responded to Jeff Bramlett’s home on Rio Galisteo Place in northwest Albuquerque on Dec. 31 after he requested medical assistance. While at the home, officers saw what appeared to be hand grenades and requested assistance from the FBI’s Albuquerque Special Agent Bomb Technicians.
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Agents located two devices, one resembling a pineapple-shaped MK 2 fragmentation grenade and another similar to an M26 fragmentation grenade, in the living room. Both were fitted with functional military training fuzes, the New Mexico United States Attorney’s Office said…