Police: $100,000 in fireworks seized from Medford storage unit
<p>Police arrested Anthony Benevento, of Shirley, on Wednesday.</p>
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Jun 7, 2018, 9:50 AM
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Police say $100,000 worth of fireworks was seized from a storage unit in Medford.
Police arrested Anthony Benevento, of Shirley, on Wednesday.
Police arrested Anthony Benevento, of Shirley, on Wednesday.
According to police, they searched Benevento’s storage unit at Medford Mini Storage on Long Island Avenue.
Police say two truckloads of fireworks, about 15,000, were found. They say it could have caused a very dangerous explosion.
Benevento will be arraigned today.
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