LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department reported that it has reopened after being closed for much of Monday while disposing of a piece of old military ordnance that was brought to the agency.

Police Chief Brad Rasmussen said a woman brought what appeared to be a very old military shell to the department on Monday morning, asking for police to dispose of it.

After determining the object was live and potentially dangerous, the Lakeport Police Department's headquarters at 916 N. Forbes St. was evacuated and a military unit was called in to help dispose of it, Rasmussen said.

Rasmussen said the explosives experts from Beale Air Force Base successfully detonated the ordnance on Monday afternoon at a location at the city's sewer treatment ponds.

The Lakeport Police Department's headquarters are now reopened, he said.

A full followup story will be published later on Lake County News.

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