Victoria police say a suspect was arrested and now faces three recommended charges of arson connected to at least three suspected arsons.
Victoria police say a suspect was arrested and now faces three recommended charges of arson connected to at least three suspected arsons this week.
On Wednesday around 1:50 p.m., officers saw the suspect, whose gender police do not specify, go into a BC Transit shelter in the 2900 block of Cedar Hill Road then as the person was exiting on foot flames were seen coming out of the shelter.Earlier in the week on Sunday, March 5, the same suspect was caught on video lighting a fire at a construction site in the 1300 block of Hillside Avenue damaging multiple portable toilets.
When officers identified the suspect from the videos, they learned the person had outstanding warrants for mischief.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.Police are investigating a fourth arson and are exploring whether it is connected to the other three.Victoria Fire Department firefighters attended and extinguished the flames, that had fully engulfed the vehicle.
Anyone with information about any of the four incidents is asked to call the VicPD Report Desk at 995-7654 extension 1. To report what you know anonymously, you can call Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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