Sheriff's Office Seeks Man in Firework Incident

The McCracken County Sheriff's Department is requesting the public's assistance in identifying a man suspected of throwing a lit firework into another man's home on July 4th.

The McCracken County Sheriff's Department says it responded to an apartment on College Avenue where a man reported that several people had been lighting fireworks in the parking lot. As he entered his apartment, he said another man threw a lit firework inside. The firework exploded, catching the victim's couch on fire. The victim reported that he was able to extinguish the fire before it spread.

Deputies obtained a photograph of the man suspected of throwing the firework into the apartment.

Anyone with information about the incident or the suspect's identity is asked to call the McCracken County Sheriff's Office at 270-444-4719. Information can also be provided anonymously through West Kentucky Crime Stoppers by texting WKY and your tip to 847411.