California fireworks titan arrested at Disney after seven people killed in horror explosion at his illegal factory
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“A former Northern California sheriff lieutenant and the owner of a fireworks company have been arrested and charged with murder following last year’s horrific explosion at an illegal fireworks factory in Yolo county that killed seven people.”
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— West Sacramento (also known as West Sac) is a city in Yolo County, California, United States. The city is separated from Sacramento by the Sacramento River, which also separates Sacramento and Yolo co…
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— Yolo County ( ; Wintun: Yo-loy), officially the County of Yolo, is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. Yolo County was one of the original counties of California,…
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“Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that on April 3, a grand jury indicted a total of eight people on a host of charges including five people who were charged with second degree murder, in connection with the massive explosion in rural Esparto last July.”
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— The Yolo Causeway is a 3.2-mile (5.1 km) long elevated highway viaduct on Interstate 80 that crosses the Yolo Bypass floodplain, connecting the cities of West Sacramento, California and Davis, Califor…
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— Yolo County ( ; Wintun: Yo-loy), officially the County of Yolo, is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. Yolo County was one of the original counties of California,…
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“The people who were arrested included former Yolo County Sheriff Lt. Sam Machado, his wife Tammy Machado and the founder and CEO of the illegal fireworks company Devastating Pyrotechnics Kenneth Chee, from the Bay Area.”
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“Chee was arrested in Florida while he was at Disneyworld with his family, the Sacramento Bee reported.”
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“The former Lt. and Chee, along with three other people face seven murder charges each, one for each of the victims who were killed in the deadly explosion, authorities said.”
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“The operations manager for the fireworks company, Jack Lee, was arrested as well, in connection to the blast that leveled the building and forced evacuations in the area, per local reports at the time.”
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“Yolo County Deputy District Attorney Clara Nabity said that the “grand jury alleged a decade-long conspiracy which turned the property of a former sheriff’s Lt. (Machado) into the Northern California hub for an illegal enterprise that imports and sells illegal explosives on the black market.””
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“Nabity said the indictment also alleges that Machado used “his role as a trusted lieutenant to help shield the conspiracy as it expanded.””
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“During the decade-long illegal enterprise the group was able to import more than 11 million pounds of the explosives, officials explained.”
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“At the time of the blast, the factory had been housing approximately 1 million pounds of the fireworks, per the DA’s office.”
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“Last month, Machado resigned from his position with the sheriff’s department, KCRA reported.”
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