Saturday, April 10, 2010
Fireworks Vendor Sentenced
KENTUCKY...
A northern Kentucky businessman who said he wanted to be the largest pyrotechnics seller in the state was sentenced to four months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of distributing explosives without a license. Forty-five-year-old Sam Droganes of Fort Mitchell was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Covington. The Kentucky Enquirer reported Droganes told Judge David Bunning his enthusiasm to grow the family fireworks business from a small storefront into the largest pyrotechnics seller in Kentucky clouded his judgment. Droganes had been caught selling commercial-grade fireworks to an undercover federal agent posing as a consumer. Forty-four tractor-trailer loads of pyrotechnics were seized from Droganes' business, Premium Fireworks, in July 2007. The company had offices and a store in Covington in addition to a warehouse in Taylor Mill.
A northern Kentucky businessman who said he wanted to be the largest pyrotechnics seller in the state was sentenced to four months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of distributing explosives without a license. Forty-five-year-old Sam Droganes of Fort Mitchell was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Covington. The Kentucky Enquirer reported Droganes told Judge David Bunning his enthusiasm to grow the family fireworks business from a small storefront into the largest pyrotechnics seller in Kentucky clouded his judgment. Droganes had been caught selling commercial-grade fireworks to an undercover federal agent posing as a consumer. Forty-four tractor-trailer loads of pyrotechnics were seized from Droganes' business, Premium Fireworks, in July 2007. The company had offices and a store in Covington in addition to a warehouse in Taylor Mill.
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