STUART, Fla., March 3 (UPI) -- A Florida man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for keeping 20,000 pounds of fireworks in his garage, court records showed.
James Buhs, 46, of Stuart was sentenced Monday, having pleaded no contest to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and a drug possession charge. He will serve a concurrent 15-year sentence for illegal sale of fireworks, TCPalm.com reported.
Buhs was arrested in July when a Martin County Sheriff's SWAT Team and other authorities served Buhs with a search warrant after Buhs sold fireworks to an undercover police officer, TCPalm.com said.
Buhs's background includes possession of a machine gun and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. State and federal officials seized approximately $100,000 in explosives, illegal fireworks and a number of weapons, records showed.
Bomb disposal specialists with the Martin County Sheriff's Office in August disposed of the fireworks at the department's gun range property.
