WINONA, Minn. – Police Sergeant Brad Barrientos says his most frustrating season as a police officer has begun with the first complaint calls about fireworks. “It’s like a cricket in a garage,” he said. “As soon as you think you’ve located the sound, the cricket goes silent.” It’s the same with fireworks, he said: “Get there, it’s gone”.

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Barrientos has a boom test on what’s legal in Minnesota: “ If it’s in the air, booms or pops, it’s against the law.”