An Arizona border patrol agent started a wildfire during a “ gender reveal ” party involving a firearm and explosive , likely making it the most expensive such jubilation in the chronicle of the ridiculous ritual .
Dennis Dickey was off - duty when he celebrated the revelation of his unborn child ’s gender on state - possess belongings cheeseparing to Madera Canyon in April 2017 , reports theArizona Daily Star .
A timber service federal agent wrote in a court affidavit that Dickey shot a quarry filled with the volatile Tannerite . The color of the powder feather that exploded from the prey was specify to correlate with the expected sex of the baby — blue for boy , pinkish for young woman . This special method acting has recently gained popularity among hit man enthusiasts , andseveralexamplesof theexecutionhave been uploaded toYouTube .
The area was under a fire lookout at the time , the Green Valley Fire Department chief recount the Daily Star . According to the affidavit , the coloured explosion ignite one and Dickey immediately report the fire , saying he had lead off it .
The Sawmill Fire eventually spread out across 47,000 acres over the course of a week and drew nearly 800 firefighters . According to arelease from the Department of Justice , the blaze make $ 8.2 million in hurt . Fortunately , there were no reported hurt or damaged buildings .
Dickey plead guilty on Friday to the misdemeanor offence of get a fire without a license , the Daily Star reports . He was ordered to pay $ 220,000 in amends and serve five years of probation .
“ It was a complete accident , ” Dickey tell the jurist , according to the Daily Star . “ I feel absolutely horrible about it . It was probably one of the defective days of my life . ”
Dickey ’s lawyer Sean Chapman distinguish the Daily Star that he believe his node will keep his line as a margin patrol broker .
[ Arizona Daily Star , Department of Justice ]
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