July 1, 2025 • 5 mins
“What kind of person gets tens of thousands of dollars in fireworks stolen—and still wants to give the thief $200 to get back on their feet?”In this heartwarming, hilarious, and slightly explosive episode of The Ben and Skin Show, hosts Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray dive into one of the most unexpectedly inspiring stories of the summer: the theft of a small-town fireworks stand in Crowley, Texas—and the unbelievable grace shown by its owner.Theft at Johnny Fireworks: A family-run fireworks stand is hit hard just before the 4th of July, losing tens of thousands in inventory. But instead of rage, owner Jonathan Cook responds with compassion—and a Facebook post that goes viral.This episode is a perfect blend of Texas charm, laugh-out-loud banter, and a genuinely moving story about faith, forgiveness, and community. Whether you're here for the fireworks, the faith, or the face-mask jokes, this one will leave you smiling—and maybe even a little inspired.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And now it's time for Bason's week Day Out Day,
featuring veteran news anchor kt F on tweets.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Here are the important stories he's currently tracking from around
the world.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
You might have a situation where a very smelly thing
is turned into a thing that smells really good. Huh.
Let's go out to Crowley, Yep, Tarren County. That's where
Crowley is. There's a family run fireworks stand called Johnny Fireworks.
Your owner's guy named Jonathan Cook, and they got hit
(00:33):
by some theft guy driving a Dodge truck. They got
it on surveillance footage and tens of thousands of fireworks
stolen from.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
This family run business. That's brutal.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
They spent pretty much all of their year preparing for
this weekend. Ugh, and they had tens of thousands of
dollars stolen. Again, they did get the you know, security
and all that stuff.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
He put up.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
The guy who runs the company's guy named Jonathan Cook,
and he put out a big Facebook post. He's like
just kind of explaining what happened. One of the things though,
I'll say at the end of the post is he said, Uh,
if you're out there and you recognize the truck. Don't
let's not call the cops. He's like, they may need
it more than we do, and he's it's it's kind
(01:26):
of wild that he's being really nice about it, because
he's like, this is devastating to our family and all this,
but there's a reason this is happening. Well, now all
the news channels are going to interview this guy, and
what people have been doing has been donating fireworks to
him and his family, and now they can sell them.
I guess I'm not sure how all that works. That's
(01:47):
kind of confusing, and I'm no expert on the small
firework business, although I have worked a shift or to
in a fireworks state. Let's go, man, just like Landry Locker.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
You guys, Christina, you guys have those a crown, Yeah,
antefs and only that's a big thing, right.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
For a small time my first job. Oh you too.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
I think the only two businesses in a small town
is firecrackers stand and snow cone.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Standune stands are huge.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Yeah right, Well, I'm gonna play you a little bit
audio here from this is just a I don't even
know who's doing this, but he posted this on his
Facebook and it's some people bringing fireworks to him.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
It's support fireworks stand eighteen sixty four. A few ye'll
make yourself. Come on out south drop men. They got
the lowest prices in the city. Come on out today today, y'all,
come on, let's get it all. He's just telling people,
is that John Johnny Cook. That's not him.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
It's just a random dude who took his fireworks there.
And he's like promoting, like this is where they are.
They're still going to have fireworks, and people are now
taking some extra fireworks they have and other fireworks business.
I'm sure getting involved and they're dropping off fireworks and
they can now I just help them get through the
you know, the holiday.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
So what is this is like a strong Christian faith.
He thinks that there's a plan, a bigger plan in play,
and he's like okay with it or yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
There's I have a thought on this is what are
his initials? J C? His his is this the Jesus.
I think this is Jesus fireworks Jesus.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
I think this fireworks Jesus reincarnated, and I think he's
here to teach us a divine lesson during this shocking
time in the Middle East. He has risen, not in
the figurative sense, but in the literal he has come home.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
On the fourth of July.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
Dude, I'm I'm always so impressed by people whose faith
is so strong. Like I have a friend who was
snowskiing and uh, he's basically paralyzed from the neck down.
Pretty tragic thing. And the first time I talked to him,
he told me that he was glad that it was him,
and I was like, what he goes My daughter was
(03:54):
thirty seconds behind me, and I'd rather it be me
than her.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
I'm like, that is a strong faith. And if he's
just is he? If he?
Speaker 3 (04:02):
I thought you were gonna say, if anybody knows this truck,
get with me so I can deliver vigilante justice. Don't
contact the authorities. I thought that's where you're gonna But
you're saying, He's like, hey, they may need it more
than me.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
That's strong, he said. If you need that.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
He did put their license plate out there.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
He said, if you know them or can find them,
tell them to contact me.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I want to give them two hundred dollars they can
get back on their feet now as a reward for stealing.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
How do the authorities can't just go get them that one.
They probably can't.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
I mean, if we have the driver, the license plate numbers.
But unless it's a stolen truck, did Jesus want the
authorities that this is? This is a powerful lesson from
j C himself.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
This is pretty awesome, and any fireworks if you want to,
just if you're out that way.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
But here's the other shocking thing about this story. There's
really that many people sitting around with surplus fireworks in
their garage.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Yeah, I bet he was, I bet are yes, there's
the sane to me. I bet he has his own
fireworks stand somewhere. Right. The other guy maybe stole it
and is gonna go sell it. Oh maybe right? Yeah,
Oh you're talking about the dodge ram. It was a
pretty nice dodge ram, so yeah, I'm sure that was stolen.
The dodge Ram was stolen.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
If they're a good criminal, good they're a good criminal,
you would not go You would steal something to go
steal other things.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Was he wearing a mask of himself when he stole it?
Because no one I'll ever think of you if you're
wearing a mask of yourself.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
I wouldn't mind working for this guy. He seems very sharp,
works the game. The guy on the dodge Ram he
stole a really nice truck.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Did the mission impossible face thing with his own face, Yes,
with his own face. Yeah right, all right, Kevin, thank
you for your incredible reporting.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Did you hear that?
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Yea, yeah, so good
And now it's time for Bason's week Day Out Day,
featuring veteran news anchor kt F on tweets.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Here are the important stories he's currently tracking from around
the world.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
You might have a situation where a very smelly thing
is turned into a thing that smells really good. Huh.
Let's go out to Crowley, Yep, Tarren County. That's where
Crowley is. There's a family run fireworks stand called Johnny Fireworks.
Your owner's guy named Jonathan Cook, and they got hit
(00:33):
by some theft guy driving a Dodge truck. They got
it on surveillance footage and tens of thousands of fireworks
stolen from.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
This family run business. That's brutal.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
They spent pretty much all of their year preparing for
this weekend. Ugh, and they had tens of thousands of
dollars stolen. Again, they did get the you know, security
and all that stuff.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
He put up.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
The guy who runs the company's guy named Jonathan Cook,
and he put out a big Facebook post. He's like
just kind of explaining what happened. One of the things though,
I'll say at the end of the post is he said, Uh,
if you're out there and you recognize the truck. Don't
let's not call the cops. He's like, they may need
it more than we do, and he's it's it's kind
(01:26):
of wild that he's being really nice about it, because
he's like, this is devastating to our family and all this,
but there's a reason this is happening. Well, now all
the news channels are going to interview this guy, and
what people have been doing has been donating fireworks to
him and his family, and now they can sell them.
I guess I'm not sure how all that works. That's
(01:47):
kind of confusing, and I'm no expert on the small
firework business, although I have worked a shift or to
in a fireworks state. Let's go, man, just like Landry Locker.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
You guys, Christina, you guys have those a crown, Yeah,
antefs and only that's a big thing, right.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
For a small time my first job. Oh you too.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
I think the only two businesses in a small town
is firecrackers stand and snow cone.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Standune stands are huge.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Yeah right, Well, I'm gonna play you a little bit
audio here from this is just a I don't even
know who's doing this, but he posted this on his
Facebook and it's some people bringing fireworks to him.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
It's support fireworks stand eighteen sixty four. A few ye'll
make yourself. Come on out south drop men. They got
the lowest prices in the city. Come on out today today, y'all,
come on, let's get it all. He's just telling people,
is that John Johnny Cook. That's not him.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
It's just a random dude who took his fireworks there.
And he's like promoting, like this is where they are.
They're still going to have fireworks, and people are now
taking some extra fireworks they have and other fireworks business.
I'm sure getting involved and they're dropping off fireworks and
they can now I just help them get through the
you know, the holiday.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
So what is this is like a strong Christian faith.
He thinks that there's a plan, a bigger plan in play,
and he's like okay with it or yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
There's I have a thought on this is what are
his initials? J C? His his is this the Jesus.
I think this is Jesus fireworks Jesus.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
I think this fireworks Jesus reincarnated, and I think he's
here to teach us a divine lesson during this shocking
time in the Middle East. He has risen, not in
the figurative sense, but in the literal he has come home.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
On the fourth of July.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
Dude, I'm I'm always so impressed by people whose faith
is so strong. Like I have a friend who was
snowskiing and uh, he's basically paralyzed from the neck down.
Pretty tragic thing. And the first time I talked to him,
he told me that he was glad that it was him,
and I was like, what he goes My daughter was
(03:54):
thirty seconds behind me, and I'd rather it be me
than her.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
I'm like, that is a strong faith. And if he's
just is he? If he?
Speaker 3 (04:02):
I thought you were gonna say, if anybody knows this truck,
get with me so I can deliver vigilante justice. Don't
contact the authorities. I thought that's where you're gonna But
you're saying, He's like, hey, they may need it more
than me.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
That's strong, he said. If you need that.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
He did put their license plate out there.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
He said, if you know them or can find them,
tell them to contact me.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I want to give them two hundred dollars they can
get back on their feet now as a reward for stealing.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
How do the authorities can't just go get them that one.
They probably can't.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
I mean, if we have the driver, the license plate numbers.
But unless it's a stolen truck, did Jesus want the
authorities that this is? This is a powerful lesson from
j C himself.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
This is pretty awesome, and any fireworks if you want to,
just if you're out that way.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
But here's the other shocking thing about this story. There's
really that many people sitting around with surplus fireworks in
their garage.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Yeah, I bet he was, I bet are yes, there's
the sane to me. I bet he has his own
fireworks stand somewhere. Right. The other guy maybe stole it
and is gonna go sell it. Oh maybe right? Yeah,
Oh you're talking about the dodge ram. It was a
pretty nice dodge ram, so yeah, I'm sure that was stolen.
The dodge Ram was stolen.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
If they're a good criminal, good they're a good criminal,
you would not go You would steal something to go
steal other things.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Was he wearing a mask of himself when he stole it?
Because no one I'll ever think of you if you're
wearing a mask of yourself.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
I wouldn't mind working for this guy. He seems very sharp,
works the game. The guy on the dodge Ram he
stole a really nice truck.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Did the mission impossible face thing with his own face, Yes,
with his own face. Yeah right, all right, Kevin, thank
you for your incredible reporting.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Did you hear that?
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Yea, yeah, so good
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