Criminal Law
11-Year-Old Boy from Maryland Charged with Arson in Fire that Destroyed a Dollar General
An 11-year-old boy was charged with arson in a fire that destroyed a Maryland dollar store earlier this month, state fire investigators announced Monday.
The fire broke out at a Dollar General in Hampstead on Sept. 3 and the boy was identified last week during an investigation that involved Hampstead police, the state fire marshal’s office said.
The Hampstead Volunteer Fire Company and neighboring fire departments responded to the fire on South Main Street and quickly upgraded the fire to two alarms, bringing firefighters from neighboring counties to the scene, officials said. It took more than an hour to control the blaze and no injuries were reported.
