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Police Charge 11-Year-Old Boy With Arson For Fire That Destroyed Hampstead Dollar General Store Police Charge 11-Year-Old Boy With Arson For Fire That Destroyed Hampstead Dollar General Store
Police Charge 11-Year-Old Boy With Arson For Fire That Destroyed Hampstead Dollar General Store An unexpected suspect has been identified as the person who caused millions of dollars in damage to a Maryland store last week. The Maryland Fire Marshal announced on Monday, Sept. 12 that an 11-year-old has been charged in connection to the fire at Dollar General on South Main Street in Carroll County that caused $2.5 million in damage and destroyed the building. Shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, first responders in Hampstead were dispatched to the Dollar General Store on South Main Street for a reported building fire. The fire was upgraded to a two-alarm blaze shortly after firs…

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Pair Interviewed After Blaze Causes $2.5M In Damage To Hampstead Dollar Store: Fire Marshal Pair Interviewed After Blaze Causes $2.5M In Damage To Hampstead Dollar Store: Fire Marshal
Pair Interviewed After Blaze Causes $2.5M In Damage To Hampstead Dollar Store: Fire Marshal State officials have located a couple who are being interviewed after a fire caused $2.5 million in damage to a Maryland dollar store over the holiday weekend, authorities said. Shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, first responders in Hampstead were dispatched to the Dollar General Store on South Main Street for a reported building fire. The fire was upgraded to a two-alarm blaze shortly after first responders arrived, bringing firefighters from Carroll, Baltimore counties, and nearby Pennsylvania to the scene. It took a team of more than 100 firefighters approximately an hour to co…

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Arsonist Apprehended After Setting Four Carroll County Fires In Eight Hours: Officials Arsonist Apprehended After Setting Four Carroll County Fires In Eight Hours: Officials
Arsonist Apprehended After Setting Four Carroll County Fires In Eight Hours: Officials A serial arsonist is in custody after admitting to setting multiple fires over the course of just a few hours in Maryland, authorities said. In Carroll County, Wesley England, 33, was arrested and faces multiple charges after admitting to setting four fires in less than eight hours in Hampstead on Wednesday, June 29, the sheriff’s office announced. The investigation into the fires led members of the Hampstead Police and investigators with the Deputy State Fire Marshal to identify Wesley as a suspect, and he was arrested minutes after he was found walking from the last of the fires he allege…

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by Zak Failla