40 POUNDS OF FIREWORKS SEIZED, BUT ONLY 1 ARREST MADE.Byline: CAROL ROCK Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- The local sheriff's station received 157 fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to complaints Tuesday night, but made just one arrest -- possibly because revelers were on the lookout for in search of; looking for. See also: Lookout patrols. Some 40 pounds of explosives and other illegal fireworks were confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. at 20 locations. ``The deputies would rush to where they thought the fireworks were and by the time they got there, it would be a little family group out in the street and nothing else,'' said Sgt. Gregg Lewison, task force coordinator for the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. station. Patrol units photographed the incendiary devices before taking them to fire battalion headquarters for disposal. Lewison said some photographs showed the hood of a car covered with fireworks. ``In some of the more active neighborhoods, it just seemed like they had lookouts so they knew when we were coming and we didn't find anything,'' he said. ``What we took in were all illegal fireworks: Roman candles, skyrockets and bottle rockets, mortars and hundreds and hundreds of firecrackers.'' One juvenile was arrested for possession of illegal fireworks; he was cited and released to his parents in the field, Lewison said. No fireworks-related injuries or damage were reported. carol.rock@dailynews.com (661) 257-5252 |
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