Police: Grenade simulator prompts Pa. bomb scare

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh man is in custody after a bomb scare prompted by what authorities are calling a military-style grenade simulator.

Ohio Township police Chief Norbert Micklos says a bomb squad responded to a traffic stop and secured the device on Wednesday afternoon.

Micklos says the device was explosive and should not have been in the possession of 33-year-old Johnny Lee Harvard.

Micklos says the traffic stop was prompted by a woman reporting two suspicious men in her yard.

Harvard is facing charges including possession of explosives and risking a catastrophe. He remains in custody.

The other man was not arrested.