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Arsonist Locks Family In Their Lancaster Home, Police Say Arsonist Locks Family In Their Lancaster Home, Police Say
Arsonist Locks Family In Their Lancaster Home, Police Say A 33-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a house fire that had a family trapped in their Lancaster home, according to local police. Mamelto Gonzalez, 33, has been charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to a home in the 700 block of Almanac Avenue Thursday night. A woman told police Gonzalez lit a couch on fire, punched holes in the walls and damaged several items of furniture. The woman was able to extinguish the fire, locked Gonzalez outside, and locked herself and her three children in a bedroom on the second floor until police arrived. The woman and children were…

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by Jillian Pikora