Cops: Teen set off firework at school
A 16-year-old boy was arrested Thursday, accused of setting off a firework and igniting a fire in July that burned a playground set behind an elementary school in Wantagh, police said.
The teen was charged as a juvenile in the fire on July 23 at the Wantagh Elementary School on Beech Street.
The incident took place at about 1:20 p.m., Nassau County police said. The type of firework was...
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