On 5 July 2024, at approximately 0900 hours local time, a forest fire was reported in the Wharton State Forest near Apple Pie Hill and the Batona Campground. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service, State Park Police, State Division of Fire Safety, and Burlington County Fire Marshal’s Office responded to the incident. Their investigation determined that pyrotechnics functioning late on 4 July caused the fire. The blaze burned over 4,300 acres and was approximately 90 percent contained as of 9 July.

On 5 July 2024, at approximately 1330 hours local time, an Albert Lea Police Department officer attempted to stop a vehicle on Hammer Road and Sorenson Road for a traffic violation. After failing to yield to the officer’s emergency lights and siren, the vehicle stopped on Paradise Road. The officer placed the 48-year-old male driver of the car under arrest for driving on a revoked driver’s license, suspected driving under the influence of a controlled substance, and fleeing the officer in a motor vehicle.

On 28 June 2024, at approximately 0800 hours local time, Haverhill Police Department (HPD) officers and Haverhill Fire Department crews responded to Rosebud Avenue after a woman informed HPD her husband had explosive devices in and around their home. Massachusetts State Fire Marshal’s Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit technicians responded to assist and disposed of three explosive devices and explosive material via controlled detonations. The 60-year-old male suspect was arrested after Massachusetts State Police officers pulled him over on Interstate 495 in Wrentham.

On 6 July 2024, at approximately 1830 hours local time, authorities received reports that an improvised incendiary device (IID) described as a Molotov cocktail was functioned on the railroad tracks between Pleasant Street and the Maine Behavioral Health building in Rockland. The IID consisted of a gasoline-filled bottle with a burning cloth stuffed inside. The Rockland Police Department and Rockland Fire Department responded to the scene and extinguished the fire. They also located a second similar IID, which had not been ignited, further west on the tracks.

On 20 June 2024, the Riverside Police Department, Riverside Fire Department Arson Investigations Unit, and State Fire Marshal’s Office agents discovered approximately 1,000 lb of pyrotechnics and 100 M-80 explosive devices while searching a residential property in the 5800 block of Clifton Avenue in Riverside. The bulk of the explosives were found on the backyard patio. A 23-year-old male suspect was arrested on suspicion of possession of destructive devices, possession of unlicensed pyrotechnics, possession of an illicit firearm, and child endangerment.