Law enforcement efforts to stop the proliferation of illegal aerial fireworks in Hawaii have led to two no contest pleas and ...

"If we are able to increase the penalties for fireworks distributors this legislative session, the Department of Law ...

This concludes the second of two cases brought by a state fireworks task force – both for low-level offenders.

Consumer fireworks, like sparklers, can be used year-round; aerial fireworks are a different story. Many of the ones we're seeing across the Valley on and before New Year's were obtained illegally ...

Maui police recently seized 107 pounds of aerial fireworks, 95 mortar shells and 40,610 firecrackers that were being shipped from the Mainland to Maui through the U.S. Postal Service. In the boxes ...

GEORGE F. LEE / 2024 Illegal fireworks light the sky in the Punchbowl area. GEORGE F. LEE / 2024 Illegal fireworks light the sky in the Punchbowl area. Ways to toughen legal penalties for those caught ...

Maui police issued two fireworks violation citations over the weekend to two residents igniting illegal aerial fireworks, police said Monday. Around 7 p.m. Saturday, a witness reported residents ...

When most of us think "fireworks," we think of brilliant bursts of light and color we've seen paint a night sky. But such bursts are merely the spectacular end of fireworks that likely took ...

More arrests have been made in the illegal firework explosion that took place in Aliamanu, Hawaii, on New Year's Eve, bringing the total to 10.

Fernandez’s sentencing is scheduled for June 18 at 8 :30 a.m. “While working as an adult corrections officer, Mr. Fernandez had almost 95 pounds of aerial fireworks mailed to OCCC, the very ...

Conkling: The pattern shell is another recent area of innovation—the ability to have aerial fireworks burst and form a perfect heart or a five-pointed star or a smiling happy face. The next ...

To that end, Bill 7 calls for some illegal fireworks users to be convicted of more serious crimes. “If the total weight of the aerial devices, articles pyrotechnic, or display fireworks is 25 ...