Re: Somebody got busted in Orange County - Florida

So he was in a populated suburb of the city of Orlando making sounds like
shotgun blasts after midnight.

Can I get a "Duh...".

-Rich

"putzer1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Here is the Sentinel story:
>
> 400 homemade fireworks seized
> By Pedro Ruz Gutierrez
> Sentinel Staff Writer
>
> November 28, 2003
>
> Deputy sheriffs and federal agents seized more than 400 homemade
> pyrotechnic devices and several firearms from an Orange County home
> early Thursday.
>
> A deputy responding to calls of gunshots fired after midnight stumbled
> upon the cache after knocking on the home of Donald Flashman in
> southeast Orange County.
>
> The deputy reported hearing what sounded like a shotgun being fired and
> then saw smoke coming from Flashman's mobile home at 5684 Darnell Place,
> sheriff's spokesman Jim Solomons said.
>
> Flashman, 37, cooperated with investigators and was not charged,
> Solomons said.
>
> "To say what his master plan was, we don't know," the spokesman said.
> "He was certainly making a large amount of fireworks."
>
> Deputies called the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and
> that agency has joined the investigation.
>
> "We're both working this case," said Mike Hegerfeld, head of the ATF
> office in Orlando. Hegerfeld said federal rules prohibited him from
> discussing the evidence seized.
>
> Mary Roberts, who has lived in the neighborhood for 28 years, said she
> heard loud noises coming from her neighbor's home after midnight but
> didn't know what to make of them. On Thursday, Roberts was surprised to
> hear that her neighbor was storing fireworks.
>
> "It sounded like it was under my feet. It scared me to death," Roberts
> said of the noise. "It was much harder than a gunshot. I don't know what
> he'd be wanting those things for. That's dangerous."
>
> Solomons said investigators described the fireworks pieces as "tubular,"
> 4 inches long and 2 inches wide.
>
> In addition to the finished work, deputies found 1,000 to 2,000 pieces
> in various stages of being assembled and unknown mixtures of chemicals
> used to stuff them, Solomons said.
>
> Five rifles and a handgun also were taken from the home.
>
> The Sheriff's Office explosive- and ordnance-disposal unit hauled the
> confiscated items to the agency's gun range. Most of the items were
> destroyed, Solomons said.
>
> Flashman could not be reached for comment Thursday. Orange County
> records show he has been issued licenses to operate construction-cleanup
> and metal-framing businesses.
>
> Pedro Ruz Gutierrez can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
> 407-420-5620.
>
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