Guy Fowlkes arrested for gunpowder plot at firework stand

An employee at a fireworks stand got into a fight with at least one other employee on Monday night and set off some of the explosive devices, Ocoee police have said.



Guy Swindell Fowlkes, 33, of Orlando, was working at the tent but had made arrangements to work at another tent location. When his girlfriend asked about keys to a storage unit, Fowlkes said he did not have the keys and began an argument with her.

Fowlkes struck his girlfriend, who is pregnant, in the left side of her face, according to the report. He then went into the tent and began to light up fireworks, directing some of them at other employees. He also lit the fuse of two firecrackers and placed them inside the gas tank of an employee's car.


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When police arrived at the scene, shortly after the first reports about the incident, the exploding fireworks were visible from a distance. Charges against Fowlkes include arson, aggravated domestic battery and battery on a pregnant female. His name is also similar to Guy Fawkes.