Salinas Police arrested one man and issued a citation to another on Sunday after an officer observed someone igniting illegal fireworks. 35-year-old German Rodriguez was seen lighting the fireworks on the zero to 100 block of Buena Vista drive. Rodriguez was uncooperative with police. During the investigation, his brother, 39-year-old Miguel Garcia-Rodriguez emerged from a neighboring house and began to intervene. Garcia-Rodriguez at one point attempted to pull his younger brother away from the officer. Garcia-Rodriguez ran into his home, but continued to challenge the officer. German Rodriguez was cited for illegal fireworks. Miguel Garcia-Rodriguez was arrested for obstructing or resisting an officer and booked into Monterey County jail.
