An Akron man will spend two years behind bars for building fireworks illegally and attacking a woman in his home.
Paul Plazak, 52, pleaded guilty in June to felony charges of domestic violence and illegally manufacturing fireworks.
According to reports, police responded to a call in May that Plazak attacked the 44-year-old woman. While police investigated, she directed them to Plazak’s basement — where officers discovered more than a thousand homemade fireworks. Some were the size of footballs and bricks, police said.
A bomb squad was called to the scene, and police arrested Plazak.
Neighbors told the Beacon Journal they knew he made fireworks because he set them off around Independence Day. They didn’t know how many he had, though, and they didn’t know he made them year-round.
Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Paul Gallagher sentenced Plazak.