ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A New Haven man who threw a lit firework into a crowd celebrating the Fourth of July, which injured an 11-year-old girl, has been sentenced Thursday. Photo of Ian Wiggins provided by the Allen County Sheriff's Department. Ian Wiggins was sentenced to nearly two and a half years in jail after entering a plea deal, that dropped previous charges of a level 5 Felony of Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury, with the person being under 14. Wiggins was found guilty and sentenced with a new charge of Use of Fireworks resulting in serious bodily injury, a Level 6 Felony. ‘Like a grenade’: Firework thrown into downtown crowd injures girl’s hand on Fourth of July Wiggins originally faced just one year of jail time, due to jail credit, but because of previous offenses, his probation was revoked, resulting in an additional year and 117 days. Wiggins and a friend were celebrating the Fourth of July in a Fort Wayne Community Schools Parking lot when a firework landed near them, according to court documents. The friend later told detectives in court documents that Wiggins became angry, picked up the firework and threw it into a nearby crowd – some of which were children. A media release from Fort Wayne police later said the girl suffered significant burns from being in the crowd where the firework exploded. According to police, it required immediate medical attention and “will bear scars from the incident.” Wiggens faces a total of two years and 117 days in jail. ...read more read less