New Year’s Eve was filled with the typical parties and explosions around Roseburg. Emergency dispatchers fielded a steady stream of noise complaints and reports of loud explosions. Dispatch reports included 16 reports of explosive sounds. One caller reported hearing a boom “as loud as a pipebomb” in front of a church on Northeast Spruce Avenue and Northeast Alder Street in Myrtle Creek. Despite how it looked and sounded last night, fireworks and “anything that explodes” are illegal in Oregon, according to Roseburg police Sgt. Aaron Dunbar. Depending on circumstances, police last night investigated subjects firing off fireworks for violations of …


