LOL@ DUDES MIDDLE NAME..STONER
2:43 PM PDT, June 29, 2007
A City Terrace man has been arrested after authorities raided his home and found almost 2,500 pounds of illegal fireworks, including nearly 2,000 black powder-filled M-80 explosives, officials said today.
George Stoner Carrera, 47, was arrested about 6:30 p.m. Thursday at his home in the 4400 block of Loren Avenue, authorities said. He was booked on suspicion of possessing unlawful explosives, possessing a destructive device and felony transportation and sale of illegal and dangerous fireworks.
Arson investigator Scott Burnside of the Alhambra Fire Department, which initiated an investigation of Carrera after receiving a tip, said authorities used undercover operatives to buy fireworks from Carrera and obtain a search warrant for his home.
"This is a matter of public safety," Burnside said. "I've worked every Fourth of July and every year I see fires."
Carrera had stored the explosives throughout his house, and it took two large flat-bed trucks to carry all the fireworks away, Burnside said .
The fireworks, which are illegal in California, have an estimated street value of at least $25,000 and were transported across from Nevada, he said.
In California, M-80s are considered not merely fireworks but as illegal explosive devices that carry felony charges, Burnside said.
Carrera could face at least three felony and four misdemeanor charges, he said.
2:43 PM PDT, June 29, 2007
A City Terrace man has been arrested after authorities raided his home and found almost 2,500 pounds of illegal fireworks, including nearly 2,000 black powder-filled M-80 explosives, officials said today.
George Stoner Carrera, 47, was arrested about 6:30 p.m. Thursday at his home in the 4400 block of Loren Avenue, authorities said. He was booked on suspicion of possessing unlawful explosives, possessing a destructive device and felony transportation and sale of illegal and dangerous fireworks.
Arson investigator Scott Burnside of the Alhambra Fire Department, which initiated an investigation of Carrera after receiving a tip, said authorities used undercover operatives to buy fireworks from Carrera and obtain a search warrant for his home.
"This is a matter of public safety," Burnside said. "I've worked every Fourth of July and every year I see fires."
Carrera had stored the explosives throughout his house, and it took two large flat-bed trucks to carry all the fireworks away, Burnside said .
The fireworks, which are illegal in California, have an estimated street value of at least $25,000 and were transported across from Nevada, he said.
In California, M-80s are considered not merely fireworks but as illegal explosive devices that carry felony charges, Burnside said.
Carrera could face at least three felony and four misdemeanor charges, he said.
