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CTV News
4 days ago
- CTV News
Firework thrown from truck in early morning Waterloo assault
Waterloo Regional Police are investigating after a firework was thrown from a moving truck at a person sitting on a bench in Uptown Waterloo. (Sidra Jafri/CTV News) Waterloo Regional Police are investigating after a firework was thrown from a moving truck at a person sitting on a bench in Uptown Waterloo. The incident happened around 2:40 a.m. Sunday near King Street South and Willis Way. Police say a lit firework was tossed from the front passenger seat of a black pickup truck and landed on the victim's lap. The vehicle did not stop and was last seen heading toward the Uptown core. The suspect is described as a white male wearing a white hat and black t-shirt. He was sitting in the front passenger seat. No injuries were reported and police say the firework did not go off. The investigation is ongoing, and police are asking anyone with information to call 519-570-9777 ext. 6399.
News.com.au
26-06-2025
- News.com.au
Firework believed to be used in Marrickville restaurant arson attack
Shocking CCTV footage released by arson squad detectives shows the moment a man uses what appears to be a firework to set an inner Sydney restaurant alight. NSW Police are appealing for information about the attack, which they believe is related to a previous arson incident at an Ettalong Beach tobacconist on the Central Coast in August last year. The Marrickville attack occurred just before 1am on Friday, May 30, 2025, with emergency services responding to reports of a fire in the courtyard of a restaurant on Tuohy Lane. Police investigations revealed that a firework was likely used to light the fire. The restaurant was reportedly targeted the night before as well. Footage from the Marrickville attack shows a man arrive by car before he pours some form of accelerant in the restaurant and retreats to the car. He then tosses an explosive that shot a multi-coloured blast onto the street and then drives away. Police are now seeking information to locate a man they believe could have information about both arson attacks. He is described by police as being of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern appearance, about 185cm tall, and of medium build. The man has black, curly, shoulder-length hair, wears glasses and was seen driving a grey Toyota HiLux at a service station near the Ettalong Beach attack.
CBS News
08-06-2025
- CBS News
Firework explosion at Rivers Casino prompts police investigation
A man is facing several charges after Pennsylvania State Police say he lit a commercial-grade firework inside a toilet at Pittsburgh's Rivers Casino. Just before 6 a.m. on Sunday, Jeremy Allen Hartman was taken into custody by casino security after he was found trespassing in a closed restaurant attempting to steal various bottles of alcohol. While being escorted to a holding area within the casino, Hartman requested and was granted the use of a restroom, where he lit the firework and placed it inside a toilet. The explosion caused minor injuries to a casino employee who was also in the restroom. The injured employee was treated and released by medical staff. A search warrant was later executed on a vehicle registered to Hartman, which was located on the fifth floor of the casino parking garage, per a news release from state police. Additional commercial-grade fireworks were found inside the vehicle. The Pittsburgh Police Bomb Squad and K-9 Unit responded to the scene and conducted a sweep of the vehicle, confirming it was free of explosives. A precautionary search of the casino was also executed, which was deemed clear of explosives. "Early Sunday morning, an individual who caused a disturbance and vandalized property at Rivers Casino Pittsburgh was apprehended by security and arrested by the police. We are cooperating fully with the authorities as they investigate the incident," a casino spokesperson said Sunday afternoon. Hartman has been charged with risking a catastrophe, arson, theft, criminal mischief, recklessly endangering another person, and receiving stolen property.
Daily Mail
02-06-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
Moment teenagers lob a firework into a house that started a massive blaze and killed an OAP: Pair are jailed for manslaughter
This is the moment a hooded teenager threw a lit firework into a home that started a massive blaze and killed a widower pensioner. Robert Price, 76, had been the victim of a years-long campaign of harassment and criminal damage before he died in the horror fire. The OAP, who had early signs of dementia, had been tormented by local youths to the point where all of his ground floor windows had been boarded up. Doorbell video and CCTV captured the yobs walking up to Mr Price's property in Oval Road North, Dagenham, on 27 July 2024. One lout then climbs onto a brick wall to lob a firework through a boarded-up window, and then sprint away from the house before the camera visibly shakes. Paramedics and firefighters rushed to Mr Price's home and forced entry where they discovered his body. He was pronounced dead at the scene with a post-mortem examination later giving the cause of death as inhalation of fire fumes and burns. Nathan Otitodilchukwu, 18, and a 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were today both jailed after previously admitting manslaughter. Otitodilchukwu was handed a six year jail term, while the teenager was sentenced to two years and eight months. Mr Price's family today thanked the CPS, police and social services 'for the work and support they have given us during this difficult time'. 'We would ask that our privacy be respected to allow us to grieve in peace,' they said in a statement released by Scotland Yard. The teenage killers were involved in trying to hurl a firework into Mr Price's home earlier that day but they fled when the pensioner opened his front door. Doorbell footage showed Mr Price open the door slightly and say something, before the 16-year-old ran away shouting 'he saw me fam' as the youths aborted their attack. A short time later, they walked back towards the house, with doorbell footage capturing him saying, 'come with me, come with me' and then 'gonna f****** torch this n****', the Old Bailey previously heard. The duo ran into the front garden of the house before the 16-year-old stepped on the gas meter box, reached above the boarded-up section of the window and punched a hole, the court was told. Otitodilchukwu is heard on Ring doorbell footage saying: 'Gonna f***ing torch this n*****', 'Yo, you f***ing paedo', 'yo you f***ing d***head' ' 'We are gonna f**k you up,' before running away. Sentencing the duo today, Judge Rebecca Trowler KC told the younger boy: 'Mr Price lost his life in circumstances of a planned attack where I am sure you intended some harm, and in any event it was highly reckless as to the risk of harm.' She noted the older defendant had 'poor impulse control' and a 'lack of appreciation of the impact on others'. However, his was a 'determined effort to carry out this offence and cause harm just short of serious harm', she said. The judge accepted that the younger defendant may have been 'encouraged' by the other boy who had previously been involved in criminal behaviour. She also noted that he had expressed 'remorse' and awareness of the 'gravity' of the offence. Previously, prosecutor Catherine Farrelly KC had told how Mr Price's terraced home caught fire in July 2024, with black smoke filling the house before he could be saved. 'Robert Price was killed in a fire which was started at his home address by the two defendants who smashed a window at his property and threw a firework inside,' she told the court. John Shoesmith, who had been friends with Mr Price for 10 years, said he would never leave his house because 'kids would disturb him,' Ms Farrelly said. Mr Shoesmith described him as socially awkward and said his lack of social skills and poor hearing meant some people found him 'hard to get along with'. The harassment included acts of criminal damage to his house, the court heard. According to Mr Shoesmith, Mr Price's windows were regularly smashed by a number of the local children, to the point that he had his downstairs windows boarded up. 'In Mr Shoesmith's words, this would happen all the time and they would make his life hell,' Ms Farrelly said. The most recent incident of criminal damage had occurred three days before Mr Price's death, when a brick had been put through his window, the court heard. CCTV footage from the day of the fire showed that in the hours before the attack, Otitodilchukwu, who was living in care, met up with the 16-year-old boy. They filmed themselves launching a firework into a lake, the court was told. At around 5.30pm, they walked towards Mr Price's house with the 16-year-old holding what was believed to be a firework, Ms Farrelly said. Doorbell footage showed Mr Price open the door slightly and say something, before the 16-year-old ran away shouting 'he saw me fam' shortly before the youths returned and carried out the attack. 'A loud bang can be heard, followed by high-pitched laughing as the group run away,' the prosecutor said. A few minutes later, smoke could be seen coming out of the window, before flames and black smoke engulfed the room, the court heard. A neighbour who had seen the flames knocked on the door and briefly spoke to Mr Price, but his 'responses became less clear', the court was told. The neighbour tried to get into the house to rescue Mr Price, but the door was locked, Ms Farrelly said. Firefighters were later able to get inside and put out the fire, but Mr Price could not be saved. When Otitodilchukwu, of Romford, returned to his care home that evening, he spoke to a support worker and said, 'I'm going to do 20 years in jail' and 'Don't check for news about what happened in Dagenham', the court heard. A little later he also told his support worker: 'I was drinking with my friends on Saturday and we were shooting fireworks.' A few days later, he asked a woman if she had heard about the fire, before telling her, 'If anyone asks, don't say I was in Dagenham,' the court was told. When asked why, he said: 'Maybe I started the fire with a firework.' He went on to say that he was drunk with two of his friends, that he had put a firework through a letter box and that it was funny. Otitodilchukwu was arrested the same day and the 16-year-old was arrested the following month. In a victim impact statement read to the court, Mr Price's family said he was a 'kind' and 'generous' man, and described the 'suffering' that he must have endured. Detective Chief Inspector Phil Clarke, from Specialist Crime North, said: 'This is a deeply tragic case, which saw a man lose his life in his own home after a completely mindless and reckless act had devastating consequences. 'The young defendants will now have to face the consequences of their actions by spending time in prison. 'I hope Robert's family can take some solace in this outcome and am pleased the defendants spared them the ordeal of a trial.
CTV News
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
‘Do you smell burning hair?' Fan gets hit with pyrotechnic during Jelly Roll's show in Toronto
The moment a firework from the Post Malone and Jelly Roll show in Toronto hit a concertgoer in the back of the head was captured on video.
