Man locks up grandma to shoot fireworks

Albuquerque: Authorities are accusing a man of locking up his sickly 86-year-old grandmother on New Year`s Day so he could go outside and light off fireworks. According to a criminal complaint, the 21-year-old locked his grandmother in her room about 15 minutes before midnight. The woman is on oxygen and has to take medication regularly for a congenital heart disease, but both the machine and medicine were located in the kitchen. The woman had to call police from a life alert system inside her bedroom because Leder allegedly wouldn`t let her out. The man was charged with false imprisonment. Bureau Reports