An Evansville man is now in jail and is facing several charges after an incident involving fireworks, according to police.
44 News says the Evansville police officers were called to a home on Allens Lane off of Kratzville Road on Wednesday to help firefighters investigate illegal fireworks going off.
Police say that at the home, they found pieces of cardboard tube and a sticker that read “consumer fireworks” and “shoots flaming balls.”
When investigators spoke to the victim, they say he told them that he had recently agreed to sell an ATV to 49-year-old Curt Manion. The victim told police that Manion had paid part of the agreed price, but that he had never come to pay the rest and pick the ATV up.
The victim told police that Manion had been yelling at and harassing him since. He also told police that he recently found an opossum that was put on his car.
The victim was outside when he saw Manion walking by holding an unknown object. He told police Manion said something along the lines of “It is about to be your birthday,” before hearing two loud explosions from the end of his driveway and another explosion nearby.
Manion is facing charges of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and possession of a destruction device.
