More bucks for your bang: Elgin raises penalties for illegal fireworks

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More bucks for your bang: Elgin raises penalties for illegal fireworks
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With Fourth of July just around the corner, Elgin is stiffening the penalties for illegal fireworks. The city amended the penalty scale of their fireworks ordinance to raise the fines for repeat offenders, upping the maximum penalty from $750 to now as high as $1,500 for a third offense within a year.

With Fourth of July just around the corner, Elgin is ready to fine you more when you mess with illegal fireworks.

The council also made it mandatory for anyone who receives a citation to appear in the city's administrative adjudication"court." "We do a lot to try and curtail fireworks complaints," Police Chief Ana Lalley said."We'd like to have it in place for the officers to be able to have something they can use."

The new fine schedule can range from counseling to a $750 fine on the first offense, $150 to $750 on the second, $500 to $1,500 on the third and $1,500 on the fourth in any 12-month period.

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