Cathedral City police arrest man for possession of 400+ pounds of fireworks
Late Sunday night, Cathedral City police working a special detail “addressing the use of illegal fireworks in the city,” arrested Osbaldo Delgado Hernandez for possession of illegal fireworks.
CCPD officers made the arrest after investigating an occupied vehicle parked in a gas station parking lot on the 27900 block of Date Palm Drive at approximately 9:30 p.m.
A subsequent search of the 35-year-old’s Indio residence revealed a secondary cache of illegal fireworks. CCPD seized over 1,200 pieces of illegal fireworks including “mortars, roman candles, missiles, bottle rockets, and firecrackers,” according to the CCPD news release. The confiscated fireworks weighed over 400 pounds in total.
Hernandez was booked into Indio Jail on $2,500 bail. He faces charges of selling/using unclassified fireworks and giving fireworks to an unlicensed person.
“The Cathedral City Police Department will continue our proactive enforcement efforts to reduce the hazards illegal fireworks pose to the public,” reads the CCPD incident news release. “You are subject to receiving a $1,000.00 fine, or arrest, for possessing any non- “safe and sane” fireworks within our city limits.”
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