Story Last modified at 9:26 a.m. on Thursday, March 11, 2010
Man arrested for arson after bragging about blaze
SALEM, Ore. — Salem police said one of the two men accused of setting a fire to an old training center bragged about the blaze to his hairdresser.
According to court documents, a 20-year-old man told his hairdresser that he went into an old building on the former Fairview Training Center campus to smoke marijuana, then set the Jan. 27 blaze that destroyed the building. His hairdresser tipped police, who arrested the suspect.
Police arrested a second man after questioning the first man. Both face second-degree arson charges.
Damage to the building is estimated at $50,000. The property owner had planned to demolish the building, which is one of 50 on the sprawling campus that closed in 2000.
This article published in The Alaska Star on Thursday, March 11, 2010.