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The 46-year-old West Side Cleveland man police said they confiscated $100,000 in fireworks from Monday spent seven years in prison from 1987 to 1994 on arson charges, records show.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland police vice detectives seized $100,000 in fireworks from Monday from a West Side man who spent six years in prison on arson charges stemming back to the 1980s.

The bust came Monday at the man's West 46th Street home and a second address in Parma, according to police. Investigators seized 154 boxes containing everything from small fireworks to H-100 firecrackers and "large mortars and pyrotechnics professionals use," police spokeswoman Det. Jennifer Ciaccia said.

The man, who has not been formally charged, kept the mass of explosives in a garage exposed to the heat, Ciaccia said.

Court records show the man was arrested on arson charges in 1986. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation. He was arrested again a month later on separate arson charges.

He pleaded guilty in the spring of 1987 and was sentenced to four to 10 years in Mansfield Correctional Institution. He was released in 1994.

Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams, Fire Chief Patrick Kelly and EMS Commissioner Nicole Carlton will hold a press conference to provide more details on the bust and address safety precautions in connection with Fourth of July celebrations.

The conference started at 3 p.m. at the Cleveland Division of Fire Memorial site outside FirstEnergy Stadium. Northeast Ohio Media Group will cover the meeting.