Crime

Police arrest suspected back alley arsonist in Kennewick

Tri-City Herald
The fire started about 5:30 a.m. at 109 W. Kennewick Ave. before Kennewick police and fire responded, police said. Several tables and chairs were destroyed in a fenced-off area and a building was threatened.
The fire started about 5:30 a.m. at 109 W. Kennewick Ave. before Kennewick police and fire responded, police said. Several tables and chairs were destroyed in a fenced-off area and a building was threatened. Courtesy Kennewick police

A Pasco man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly burned several tables and chairs in a Kennewick alley.

Police used security video footage of the fire to identify Scott Gregory Erdman, 54, before finding him. A Kennewick arson investigator later called 911 after seeing Erdman wandering around near Columbia Drive and Alder Street, police said.

The fire started about 5:30 a.m. at 109 W. Kennewick Ave. before Kennewick police and fire responded, police said. Several tables and chairs were destroyed in a fenced-off area, and a building was threatened.

Erdman was booked into the Benton County jail on suspicion of second-degree arson.

This story was originally published September 2, 2016 at 9:55 AM with the headline "Police arrest suspected back alley arsonist in Kennewick."

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