Firefighter Charged With Arson
By: Danielle Krout
Updated: April 11, 2010
CENTRAL CITY, SOMERSET COUNTY--- Police charged a 23-year old Central City Firefighter with arson.
Police arrested Thomas Russell for allegedly starting a fire in the basement of an abandoned home on Lohr Street in Central City Saturday morning.
Russell is in the Somerset County Prison on $75,000 straight bond.
Comments
Honestly Im not surprised. I've never met anybody that gets so happy when someones house is burning to the ground besides volunteer firefighters. Somebodies life is being destroyed and all the possesions they ever owned are going up in smoke and the volunteer firefighters are havin the time of their life tryin to put it out. Firewhistle goin off makes their day. I bet there are many many more fires than just this one started by firemen. Dont take my statement the wrong way I think that 80% of them are great guys who really wanna help. But there are deffinitly those few out there who have alterior motives.
Bob B.
April 13, 2010 at 4:20 am
