Tingley was blown away when he got fined $52,650.
“First of all, it wasn’t me,” he said. “I didn’t shoot the fireworks. I didn’t buy the fireworks. I didn’t own the dock the fireworks were on. I didn’t know the two people shooting the fireworks. I’m trying to figure out what did I do wrong? oh, I guess I what I did is they parked right down on my beach.”
East Contra Costa Fire Marshall Steve Aubert spoke about the violation. “In our district by our ordinance we have the ability to cite somebody per violation for the first offense at $130,” he said.