AMHERST — A 19-year-old Amherst man who set off fireworks in front of the Central fire station early on Independence Day morning is being summoned to court on several charges, including illegal possession of fireworks and narcotics, police said.
Officers responded to the 68 North Pleasant St. location Friday at 4:10 a.m. after a security camera at the fire station showed two teens, a male and female, lighting the fireworks in the middle of the road and then running toward an alleyway.
The road was temporarily blocked as the active firework was extinguished.
Both suspects were located leaving the location in a vehicle, with additional fireworks inside the vehicle in plain view of the officers, according to police. During a search of the vehicle, additional fireworks and assorted drugs, some packaged for sale, were also found, police said.
The 19-year-old Amherst man is being summoned to court on charges of unlawful possession of fireworks, possession of a class C drug, possession with intent to distribute a class C drug, possession of an ounce or less of marijuana with marijuana concentrate and being under 21 and in possession of more than an ounce of marijuana, police said.
