SPOKANE, Wash. — A man was arrested for deliberately setting fire to a building on North Wall Street in downtown Spokane Monday morning.
According to the Spokane Police Department, 28-year-old Johnathon L. Stapleton was caught on surveillance video setting fire to a bin full of combustible material in the alley next to the building.
Smoke from the fire could be seen coming through a metal roll-up door that connected with the alley. The building also suffered damage from the fire.
SPD reviewed the security camera and identified Stapleton. Just after 9 a.m., Stapleton was seen a short distance away from the building.
Stapleton was booked into Spokane County Jail for arson.
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