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On Monday evening, at approximately 10:55 p.m., Trooper Steven Golbranson, a recent graduate of the 85th Recruit Training Troop and his Field Training Officer, Trooper Kyle Melvin observed illegal fireworks being set off from the Riverside Press Park on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, which was closed to visitors at the time of the incident.
Upon arrival to the park, and a brief investigation, four men, ages 22, 24, 24, and 25, all from Cambridge were identified and found to be in possession of the illegal fireworks as well as an illegally possessed .380 firearm with a laser sight attached.
All four men will be summoned to court at a later date for the following charges:
1. Trespassing;
2. Unlawful possession of fireworks; and
3. Possession / carrying a firearm
