CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) -- A long-time Conway attorney was arrested Sunday morning after police say he threatened anti-abortion protestors at a local church with what turned out to be an inert hand grenade.

Richard Lovelace, 79, who's charged with four counts of threatening to use the replica of a destructive device was released Monday from the J. Reuben Long Detention Center after posting a $60,000 bond.

Police responded to St. Anne's Episcopal Church on Main Street in Conway about 10 a.m. Sunday, where a "Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust" anti-abortion protest was happening.

The group posted a video to its Instagram page showing Lovelace holding the device in front of them.

"I have a grenade," Lovelace says as he pulled it out of his pocket.

"Why do you have one of those? Is that a g

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