$8,000 worth of illegal fireworks seized, 4 arrested in New York City
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Four people were arrested and more than $8,000 worth of illegal fireworks were seized, fire marshals from the FDNY announced.
Three men and a woman were taken into custody, while a huge collection of high-powered fireworks were taken from a van.
There were only 200 firework complaints by this time last year, but in 2021, there are already 1,544.
April 2021 saw more complaints than the entire first five months of 2020 combined, but incidents exploded in June of 2020 with nearly 30,000 complaints.
So far, there've been 2,062 complaints in June.
Here are the top 10 neighborhoods for complaints this year:
10032 Washington Heights
11216 Bedford/ Crown Heights
10468 Kings Bridge Heights
10040 Fort George
11226 Flatbush
10030 Strivers's Row, Harlem
11372 Jackson Heights
11377 Woodside
10453 Morris Heights, Bronx
10034 Inwood
10465 Throgs Neck
On Sunday, New York City Sheriff's deputies announced two more arrests.
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