Crime & Safety
Mailbox Goes Up in Flames in Apparent Arson
The following information was supplied by the Stow Police Department.
The Stow Police and Fire Departments responded to a house at the 4500 block of Edgewater Road after a 47-year-old woman said her mailbox was up in flames.
When officers arrived, the woman's husband said he saw someone running from the scene.
Firefighters said the mailbox was engulfed in flames. When the fire was extinguished, firefighters said they found a gasoline-soaked tshirt inside.
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Arson, in this situation, is a first-degree misdemeanor.
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