TOLEDO, Ohio —
A Toledo man is facing felony and misdemeanor crimes after Toledo Fire and Rescue seized a garage full of fireworks from his West Toledo home.
But what happens to all of those explosives once they are confiscated?
"Those fireworks were taken into custody and placed in a safe location because of the material that they are," explained Officer Prince Flores with the Toledo Police Department.
If there is a court case involved with a seizure, they are stored until that case is closed.
Once there is a resolution, TPD calls in the bomb squad.
"Northwest Ohio Bomb Squad will come in and take custody of those items and dispose of them properly."
The bomb squad is then responsible for detonating them.
In the city of Perrysburg, where owning certain fireworks and setting them off during designated times is legal, the process is a little different.
If a homeowner is caught setting off fireworks outside of those times, they will receive a warning first.
"Typically, what we'll do is we'll go out and talk to the homeowner and try to get them to voluntarily cease shooting the fireworks," said Lieutenant Brenton Duran with the Perrysburg City Police Department.
If officers have to return to a residence for a second time, the fireworks are taken into custody and then destroyed.
"To destroy them, what they have to do is soak them in water first so that they're no longer usable and then we can just safely dispose of them through garbage," Duran explained.