{"id":319677,"date":"2026-08-12T18:16:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319677\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T18:16:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:16:55","slug":"nyc-parks-worker-helped-girl-10-light-m80-that-blew-off-her-finger-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319677\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC parks worker helped girl, 10, light M80 that blew off her finger: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Parks Department worker handed a 10-year-old girl a lighter she used to ignite a M-80 that blew off her finger in a Staten Island park, cops and sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Moe, 24, allegedly obliged when the girl asked him for a lighter inside General Douglas MacArthur Park on Jefferson Street in Dongan Hills around 6:40 p.m., police said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.79649123;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40307508\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45-p-m-tuesday-general-137190921.jpg\" alt=\"A park bench with yellow caution tape, and debris on the ground including a blue and white striped towel, a gray towel, and other small items; a blurred circle obscures a portion of the ground, with text &quot;NYC PARKS WORKER CHARGED IN FIREWORK INCIDENT 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL LOST SEVERAL FINGERS IN STATEN ISLAND&quot; at the bottom.\" class=\"wp-image-40307508\"  \/>A Parks Department worker handed a 10-year-old girl a lighter she used to ignite a M-80 that blew off her finger in a Staten Island park, cops and sources said. WABC<\/p>\n<p>The child then lit the illegal firecracker which exploded and left her with severe injuries to her left hand \u2013 including at least one finger blown off, law enforcement sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The girl\u2019s mom called 911 and she was taken to Staten Island University Hospital North for treatment, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>Moe was arrested around 7:10 p.m. and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear how the girl obtained the firework.<\/p>\n<p>Moe\u2019s arraignment was pending Wednesday, according to Staten Island prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>The city Parks Department did not immediately reply to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Parks Department worker handed a 10-year-old girl a lighter she used to ignite a M-80 that blew&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[318,57,9,24,63,134,136,135,58],"class_list":["post-319677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-freak-accidents","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}