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A warning from police tonight. When it comes to the Fourth of July, fireworks are a big part of many celebrations, but if you're tempted to buy homemade devices, you could be buying into a world of trouble. Investigative reporter Carmel Cafiero is On the Case. WSVN -- This cardboard cat was stuffed with homemade fireworks by a couple of guys looking to blow off some steam. Brian Gilbert: "We'll destroy the cat right in front of the U.S. post office." Richard Ficarra: "All right." Brian Gilbert: "Hopefully the FBI will not arrest us." The device detonated with such force it was heard a mile away. It shook the post office and brought BSO to the scene. And they did get arrested. Brian Gilbert and cameraman Richard Ficarra had no idea the $30 homemade device bought from a guy on the street could get them in such trouble. Leah Mayersohn: "They didn't realize that the firework they bought ended up being the equivalent of a half a stick of dynamite." Attorney Leah Mayersohn says the lark almost landed the pair in prison. Leah Mayersohn: "They were looking at charging one of my clients with an offense that would have carried a 25-year minimum mandatory sentence, and the other one was also looking at some serious charges." Brian Gilbert: "I'm walking over there." Richard Ficarra: "Sweet!" The duo got lucky and were eventually allowed to plead to misdemeanor charges, but they aren't the only ones getting in trouble. Law enforcement officials across Florida say they are seeing an increase of dangerous homemade fireworks on the street. Helicopter Pilot: "There's the guy in the suit again." Authorities in Lake Worth evacuated this neighborhood after finding what they thought were pipe bombs while investigating a burglary. The bomb squad was called in. Again, it was homemade fireworks bought on the street. Leah Mayersohn: "We were told that my client might face both criminal charges and, at a minimum, there were substantial investigative costs associated with the actions. They took somewhere between $30,000 and $40,000." On YouTube we found lots of folks having fun with homemade fireworks without getting in trouble with police. But there's another worry. What happens when homemade fireworks don't work right? This young man posts he lost partial hearing as a result of this surprise detonation, and experts say that happens often with homemade devices. These were seized on the streets of South Florida. Sgt. Chris McCoy: "They are more commonly known as M-100s, quarter sticks, blockbusters, but they're nothing more but some cardboard tube gunpowder inside a tube with a hobby fuse coming out." BSO bomb squad Sergeant Chris McCoy says they're all illegal and very dangerous. Sgt. Chris McCoy: "There's no quality control. I mean somebody making this in a garage or in their kitchen may or may not know what they are doing." So if you want a big boom this fourth, the experts say leave it to the experts because almost all other fireworks, commercial or homemade, are against the law. Sgt. Chris McCoy: "It's real simple. If it explodes or shoots in the air, in the State of Florida, it's illegal." And this is what can happen when fun with fireworks goes bad.

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Ms. Mayersohn is one of the top attorneys in Florida and has won many awards and honors for such, is AV Rated, and is also recognized nationally as being one of the members of the bar register of preeminent lawyers. Attorney Mayersohn is a passionate Cricket fan who shares CCUSA's mission of promoting 20/20 Cricket not only in South Florida but throughout the United States. Ms. Mayersohn's vast experience will assist her Firm in handling all legal matters for CCUSA. She will also serve in an advisory capacity in the marketing and promotional arena as we unfold the national franchise teams. Ms. Mayersohn is also well connected in the entertainment field. This will allow CCUSA to bring top notch entertainers to perform in its Cricket Tournament's "Nights to Remember Concert Series".

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A North Miami-Dade real estate agent was charged Wednesday with posting fake escort ads on the Internet using a rival's phone numbers, sparking hundreds of raunchy calls that nearly drove the woman to a nervous breakdown. Dean Isenberg, 40, was booked into Miami-Dade County Jail at 12:09 p.m. He posted $10,000 bond late Wednesday. He faces four counts of using personal information to harass and one other count related to using a computer in committing a crime. He surrendered Wednesday morning. The cyber-stalking case began last summer when Debbie Blasberg reported receiving repeated calls at home from strange men. Blasberg, a married mother of three, said she received more than 700 phone calls ``at all hours of the night.'' Some callers asked her 11-year-old daughter for sexual favors. Blasberg was swamped with text messages propositioning her. But during one phone call, Blasberg started crying. The caller admitted he'd found her number on Craiglist.com. Isenberg -- who sells homes with his wife as the ''I-Team'' -- had posted Blasberg's phone numbers on more than 20 raunchy personal ads on the free website, Miami-Dade police said. The ads promised that Debbie would make ''you go home with a smile'' for the right price. Blasberg hired attorney Leah Mayersohn and private investigator Robert Crispin, who worked with Craigslist to take the ads down -- though they kept reappearing. The ads had been completed using a Yahoo e-mail created in Blasberg's name. Crispin quickly narrowed suspects to Isenberg. He began covertly digging through Isenberg's trash, usually about 4 a.m. The key evidence, Crispin said, was a calender page with an IP address that matched one used to create the Yahoo account. ''It's really worked out perfect. . . . It's the oldest trick in the book,'' Robert Crispin, a former Coconut Creek detective, said of the trash digs. Miami-Dade Detective John Jones, of the Intracoastal station, also began investigating. Nine of the 26 ads came back to an IP address that belonged to Isenberg. Investigators believe the rest of the ads had been done by laptop, accessing other people's wireless Internet service. In June, Jones raided Isenberg's North Miami-Dade house, carting away computers. ''There is always a little bit of a trail. A little crumb and we were able to follow it back enough to get search warrants,'' Jones said. Investigators found 'various portions' of the ads on his hard drive, including the photos of scantily clad women, Jones said. First reported in The Miami Herald in July, the case drew national media attention with Blasberg appearing on Fox News and syndicated television programs such as Inside Edition. ''I believe in the end that a resolution will be reached that will satisfy all sides in this matter,'' said Isenberg's defense attorney, Andrew Rier. "I believe that the charges as they stand now will be significantly reduced. I'm looking forward to a speedy resolution on this matter.'' Isenberg and Blasberg were former co-workers. According to a police report, Isenberg was upset that she had closed on a property he had been trying to sell. Blasberg said Wednesday she is pushing for stiffer penalties for those convicted of cyberstalking. ''You know. It's bittersweet,'' she said. ``I'm happy there is some justice but it's not the justice I'd like to see.''