Crime & Safety
LI Man Had Trailer Full of Fireworks: Police
Police were tipped off to the thousands of dollars worth of fireworks that the man was planning to use at a Fourth of July party.
BOHEMIA, NY – A Lake Ronkonkoma man is charged with unlawfully dealing with fireworks after police found about $2,000 worth of fireworks inside a trailer in Bohemia Wednesday morning, Suffolk Police said.
Following Crime Stoppers tips reporting fireworks being stored in a trailer located outside a business on Keyland Court in Bohemia, Fifth Precinct Crime Section officers arrested Anthony Autera and seized the fireworks at about 11:30 a.m., police said.
Autera, an employee of the business, had been using the trailer to store the fireworks for a Fourth of July party, police said.
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Autera, 43, was issued a field appearance ticket and is scheduled for arraignment at a later date.
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