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Final charges dismissed for flaming bar tricks

The last charges were dropped against two fire-breathing bartenders who were facing more than 35 years in prison earlier this summer.,A Fairfax County judge dismissed the last three misdemeanor charges against Tegee Rogers, 33, and Justin Fedorchak, 39.,The Jimmy’s Old Town Tavern employees agreed to never again perform the flaming bar tricks that had been a highlight at the bar on Friday nights for a decade.,Rogers and Fedorchak were hauled out of the Herndon bar in handcuffs shortly after midnight July 24 after they entertained customers by using bottles of alcohol and lighters to spit out streams of fire.,The men were also charged with felony manufacturing and using an explosive device, setting a fire capable of spreading, and burning or destroying a meeting house. Prosecutors dropped the felonies in August.

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