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HUNTINGTON BEACH – The Orange County Sheriff's Department has called in a bomb squad from the Marines to disarm a mortar round that was dropped off at Fire Station No. 8 at 5891 Heil Ave. near Springdale Street this morning.

It's standard procedure for the Sheriff's Department to call in military technicians to handle military ordnance, said Lt. Ted Boyne of the Sheriff's Department.

The Huntington Beach Fire Department first called the Sheriff's Department this morning after a man brought in what he thought was a dummy mortar round that he bought at a garage sale, said Huntington Beach police Lt. Craig Bryant.

"He brought it into the fire station and said, 'Here, I don't want to play with this anymore, you take it,' '' Bryant said.

Bomb squad calls in Marines after man drops off mortar round - The Orange County Register