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Pyrotechnician Accused Of Having 'Cache' Of Commercial Grade Fireworks In Hartford County
A Connecticut man was busted with a large trove of commercial grade fireworks in his basement, police said.
Hartford County resident Richard Valuk, age 47, of Berlin, turned himself in to Connecticut State Police on an active arrest warrant Friday, Sept. 6.
According to police, troopers with the agency’s Fire & Explosion Investigation Unit responded to Valuk’s residence on Friday, Feb. 2, hours after he was hospitalized for an undisclosed medical issue.
While at the scene, investigators discovered a “large cache” of illegal, commercial and consumer grade fireworks that were stored in h…
