April 21, 2021
Three juveniles and one adult from Galesburg were arrested in Mercer County Wednesday related to an arson fire.
According to Warren County Sheriff Martin Edwards, the four were arrested by deputies from Mercer County at the scene of a suspicious house fire one mile east of Alexis.
The Alexis Fire Department was called out to the fire at around 3:45 am when a vehicle entered the fire staging area and was stopped by firefighters, who stood by with the vehicle until the arrival of law enforcement.
On scene investigators resulted in the arrest of the vehicle occupants for charges ranging from illegal consumption of alcohol, illegal possession of alcohol, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia.