Nicole McCurdy needs to know why San Joaquin County, California, sheriff’s deputies raided her house, ordering her and her two kids out at gunpoint. The sheriff’s workplace declined a request for an interview from an area media outlet, however mentioned in a press release “The search warrant stemmed from an ongoing investigation of an unlawful fireworks operation that was related to the house. Deputies needed to take essential precautions attributable to data of prison historical past and firearms within the house.” McCurdy mentioned her household has hosted a July Fourth fireworks present for the previous three years. However she mentioned they’ve at all times purchased fireworks which have the State Hearth Marshal’s Secure and Sane Seal from what they believed to be authorised sellers. Ripon, the city the place the household lives, permits such fireworks.