Bond decision due Friday for Elberton man

MACON - Federal lawyers asked a U.S. magistrate to deny bond Thursday for an Elberton man charged with illegally manufacturing hand grenades. <br> <br> Greg Giannoni was charged with possessing unregistered weapons after federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents and Elbert County sheriff&#39;s deputies served a search warrant at his home last week. <br> <br> Authorities seized 600 hand grenades stored in cardboard boxes and more than 30 rifles and handguns in his basement. <br> <br> Judge Claude Hicks is expected to announce his decision Friday, said Pete Peterman of the U.S. Attorney&#39;s Office for the Middle District of Georgia. <br> <br> Prosecutors said Giannoni posed a threat to the community if released from jail. <br> <br> His lawyer, Ed Tolley of Athens, said Giannoni did not pose a threat, and had no intent to break the law. Tolley said his client had hoped to sell ``survival kits&#39;&#39; containing the grenades to the military.

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