Re: Ilegal Fireworks Fine
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Date: July 06, 2016 12:49PM
chuckhoffmann Wrote:
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> Knows How To Have Fun Wrote:
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> > I launched a dozen mortars last night, much to
> the
> > joy of my assembled neighbors. Had only one
> > misfire.
> >
> A quick search of the FFXU database reveals that
> only 16 people have been arrested for fireworks
> violations in Fairfax County since 2010.
>
> Of those, four have had their cases nolle prossed,
> with the remainder mostly getting fines of 25 or
> 50 dollars, where a fine was imposed at all.
>
> There are two outliers. Marcis Donnell was
> sentenced to 60 days in jail, suspended, while
> David Vo got a $500 fine plus a 180 day suspended
> jail sentence.
>
> In Vo's case, it looks like he was shooting
> fireworks at passing cars and got busted for it.
>
> So, as long as you're not doing something
> catastrophically stupid, you're probably not going
> to get busted for fireworks in the county, and
> even if you do it's a minimal hassle.
Not sure where you got the info. but one of them was aneighbor of mine and he paid much less than 500 and served no time.
Also, your info. on the penalties applies to the SALE of said type of Fireworks, not the possession of.