MidHudsonNews reports: The Fallsburg fire chief and his uncle have been charged with torching a vacant bungalow in Fallsburg last week, Sullivan County District Attorney Stephen Lungen said Thursday.
Edward Smith, 44, had been charged two days ago with setting the fire on August 29 in the Skopps bungalow colony (reported HERE on YWN).
Lungen now said his nephew, James Smith, the Fallsburg fire chief, was arrested Wednesday on the same arson charges.
James Smith, 33, was arrested Wednesday on felony charges of third-degree arson and burglary and second-degree criminal mischief. He was also charged with misdemeanor official misconduct and solicitation.
Authorities suspect that Smith wanted to set the fire so that the fire department could get some training.
The Times Herald Record reports that he was arraigned and is in the Sullivan County Jail on $25,000 bail.
Edward Smith was also accused of the arson at the Skopps colony, located at the corner of Laural Avenue and Brickman Road.
James and Edward Smith each rented apartments in the caretaker�s bungalow at the colony, that is occupied seasonally by Frum residents.
(YWN Sullivan County News Desk / YW-112)
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