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Published: December 10, 2008
Fireworks sentence
NEW PORT RICHEY - A man authorities blamed for blowing up a fireworks tent last year pleaded no contest to first-degree arson Friday.
Tony Glenn Rogers lit a firework inside the Galaxy Fireworks tent at U.S. 19 and Hammock Road, causing a spectacular explosion that destroyed the tent and injured two people.
Rogers, 41, of Tampa, was sentenced to four years in prison as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Rogers will receive credit for the 18 months he spent in the Pasco County Jail awaiting trial, meaning he will probably spend less than three years in prison.
Rogers was ordered to pay about $34,000 in restitution to Galaxy and its insurers.
- TAMPA TRIBUNE REPORTS
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