Explosive navy arrest

A SAILOR was arrested in Illinois on charges he stole 20 hand grenades from a San Diego-based navy destroyer, authorities said.

Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Aaron Booker, 31, of Waukegan, Illinois, was taken into custody in Great Lakes by US Navy criminal investigators and was expected to be returned to California.

Booker allegedly stole the concussion grenades – each of which contained about 226g of TNT – while he was assigned to the Weapons Department aboard the USS Pinckney, prosecutors said.