Men Arrested For Setting Fires With Candles Meant For Chanukah Inside Yeshiva Dorm

submitted by Nemacolin from (vosizneias.com)

all 1 comments
sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun

[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Arson of an inhabited building is a major crime.

An arsonist was busted for setting three separate fires inside a dormitory of Manhattan’s Yeshiva University while students were sleeping Friday, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said.

Surveillance video shows Pete Weyand break into a building at Yeshiva University Schottenstein around 3:50 a.m. Friday on East 29th Street in Washington Heights.

Fire officials said he used candles that were meant for Chanukah to set three separate fires.

“Attacking any religious institution is a serious crime and we have zero tolerance for acts of arson in this city,” FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said in a statement. “Thanks to the thorough investigative work of our Fire Marshals, a dangerous individual has been quickly apprehended.”

Weyand was arrested by Fire Marshals and charged with arson, burglary with criminal intent, reckless endangerment of property, criminal mischief, criminal trespass and aggravated harassment.