Article: Police arrest 2 men in illegal fireworks sales

LIVERMORE -- Police arrested two Oakley men on suspicion of selling illegal fireworks Wednesday.

After Jeremy Petrell, 34, and Donald Lobach, 60, were arrested on suspicion of possessing the contraband, police searched their property and seized $25,000 of illegal fireworks, said interim Livermore police Chief Steve Sweeney.

In Livermore and Pleasanton, all fireworks are illegal -- even "safe and sane" fireworks approved by the state.

"Technically, (illegal fireworks) constitute explosives," Livermore-Pleasanton fire Chief Bill Cody said.

Petrell and ...

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