A 20-year-old Wolcott man, who was upset with being evicted, used a lighter to light a couch on fire inside the home.
The incident happened on February 20th around 3 a.m. on Maplewood Drive in Wolcott, according to authorities.
After he started the fire, Dillon R. Hosmer, 20, fell asleep, but luckily – one of the other tenants awoke and all three occupants escaped before the entire mobile home was engulfed in flames.
Following the investigation, deputies arrested Hosmer, charging him with second-degree arson, second-degree criminal mischief, and first-degree reckless endangerment.
Hosmer was arraigned in the Town of Wolcott Court and committed to the Wayne County Jail on $1,000 cash bail.
The charges will be answered at a later date.
Credit: Wayne Times
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