{"id":320320,"date":"2026-08-13T13:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/320320\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T13:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:02:16","slug":"child-severely-injured-by-fireworks-on-staten-island-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/320320\/","title":{"rendered":"Child severely injured by fireworks on Staten Island: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">DONGAN HILLS, Staten Island (PIX11) &#8212; A scary fireworks accident\u00a0left a <a data-ylk=\"slk:10-year-old girl with devastating injuries;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/staten-island\/parks-worker-arrested-after-si-girl10-loses-fingers-in-fireworks-blast-sources\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">10-year-old girl with devastating injuries<\/a>, and a New York City Parks worker under arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators say the girl found what police believe was a powerful M-80 firework inside a bathroom at General Douglas MacArthur Park on Tuesday, and instead of stopping her, the Parks employee allegedly gave her a lighter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:More Local News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0More Local News\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators say the 10-year-old approached several adults looking for a lighter. Witnesses say they refused, but police allege 24-year-old Parks employee Joshua Moe, who was on duty at the time, gave her one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:More: Latest News from Around the Tri-State;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0More: Latest News from Around the Tri-State\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That firework exploded in her hand, and she lost several fingers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Her mom called 911, and she was rushed to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Moe was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment. He was arraigned on Wednesday and released under supervision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The\u00a0fireworks in this incident are similar to those banned in New York City parks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The NYC Parks department says its disciplinary unit is investigating. Police are also trying to determine how that firework ended up inside the park in the first place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DONGAN HILLS, Staten Island (PIX11) &#8212; A scary fireworks accident\u00a0left a 10-year-old girl with devastating injuries, and a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[120745,9,24,86300,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-320320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-dongan-hills","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-parks","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320320","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=320320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}