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City Gets Tough on Fireworks ; Possession Will Carry Penalty
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Albuquerque Journal
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July 4, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright 2008 Albuquerque Journal. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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You don't have to use illegal fireworks this Fourth of July
weekend to get in trouble.
Possessing them will carry the same penalty as igniting them: up
to 90 days in jail and a $500 fine.
Fire department officials say it's the first time they've cracked
down on possessing illegal fireworks. The fire department had
previously only cited people caught using them.
"We (want) to make a bigger impact this year on people who use
and have illegal fireworks," Albuquerque Fire Chief Robert Ortega
said. "Before we were not getting the impact we wanted."
AFD received more than 2,000 complaints of illegal fireworks last
year.
But to cite someone, firefighters had to see someone igniting
them. By ...
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