An Orange County homeowner was fined $300,000 for allegedly setting off illegal fireworks – a citation that one city hopes will deter the public from using the devices.

The city of Stanton issued 18 citations totaling nearly $1 million in fines for the use of illegal fireworks during the Fourth of July. It warned the public it would be cracking down on the use of the unlawful devices.

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The homeowner who was given the heftiest fine was cited $1,000 for each illegal firework they set off, according to Stanton Mayor David Shawver.

“Can you imagine for five straight hours, 300 illegal loud booms going on in your residential neighborhood? And that’s why they ended up with that,” Shawver said.

According to the mayor, dro

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