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Local Man Charged with Fireworks Possession

PRINCE FREDERICK - 7/8/2008

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Bomb Technicians with the Office of the State Fire Marshal’s Bomb Squad have charged a St. Mary’s County man with possession of fireworks with the intent to discharge. The charge stems from the June 28, large cache of fireworks found on a barge anchored in the Patuxent River off of the residential community known as Putuxent View.

Investigators served a District Court Criminal Summons to Jack R. Beckwith, 58 of Mechanicsville, on Friday, July 4. A trial date has not been scheduled.

Investigators discovered the cache of fireworks worth an estimated street value of $10,000.00 on a barge anchored in the Patuxent River.

Investigators learned the fireworks had been purchased from various locations in the Common Wealth of Virginia.

Beckwith did not have a permit for the display nor was he a licensed shooter in the State of Maryland.

The possession of fireworks with the intent to discharge is a misdemeanor and if convicted of the charge, Beckwith is facing a $250.00 fine.



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