Another grenade-like device found in Asheboro

Here’s the device found at an Asheboro residence. (Asheboro Police Department photo)

ASHEBORO — Officers with the Asheboro Police Department investigated another suspicious device at a city residence last week.

The Oakmont Drive location drew attention when a resident doing yard work uncovered what appeared to be a hand grenade in a flower bed.

Officers closed off the area and the Greensboro Police Department’s hazardous devices team was summoned. That team took the device off site.

Asheboro Police say they’re awaiting the result of an examination of the device. As of Monday, Jay Hanson, assistant police chief, said there was no additional information available.

Hanson said that delay wasn’t unusual as there isn’t an open investigation. He said the Greensboro Police Department took the device to be destroyed.

This is the same residence where police checked on a device stemming from the same type of inquiry in 2024. Then, a hand grenade was located while family members were cleaning out the location following the death of a person who had lived there. That grenade wasn’t explosive, police said.

Oakmont Drive was reopened after it was blocked off between Edgewood Road and Westview Avenue.