Bomb Squad Called in for Town and Country Land Mine

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When Don C. Weir, Jr. pleaded guilty to a felony mail fraud charge last month, he ended up agreeing to let authorities search for and seize stolen property in his residence as part of his plea. But when authorities descended upon the house to search for precious metal coins, war memorabilia and other assets, they stumbled across something they weren't quite prepared for; a Cold War-era Soviet-style land mine.

They were pretty sure the land mine wasn't dangerous, but just in case, they called in the bomb squad from Scott Air Force. Weir "thought that anything he had in the collection was inert," and his wife was "flabbergasted" the mine was there in the first place. Right. And that's Michael Jackson's original face. I bet they just couldn't see the mine amidst all the stolen property.