James Alessandro Saracino cited and released after lighting off fireworks and after APD confiscates 18 additional illegal fireworks

On 9/8/20 at about 11:04 PM, the Arcata Police Department received numerous calls of aerial fireworks being shot off in the area of LK Wood Blvd and California Ave.



Officers began checking the area and observed fireworks being shot into the air from a backyard on Pacific Ct.

APD officers contacted the resident, James Alessandro Saracino, age 43 from Arcata, who admitted to lighting off the fireworks.  Eighteen additional illegal fireworks were located and confiscated from the scene.  James was cited and released for 12677 of the Health and Safety Code (Possession of Dangerous Fireworks).

The Arcata Police Department would like to remind everybody that the fire danger remains high throughout California and fire resources are spread thin.  Please do your part to prevent any additional fires.