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Former volunteer firefighter arrested for Easter Sunday church arson
A Sharon resident was arrested Wednesday after being charged with arson involving an Easter Sunday fire at New Salem Presbyterian Church in Weakley County.
Codie Clark, 26, of Sharon, was charged with one count of arson of a place of worship after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Weakley County Sheriff’s Office began investigating following the fire.
The Dresden County Fire Department, which assisted with the investigation, had already been conducting an internal investigation involving Clark a former volunteer firefighter for Dresden regarding a “series of recent fires in the area.”
WBBJ TV
April 7, 2021
DRESDEN, Tenn.–A former volunteer firefighter is charged in connection to a weekend church fire.
An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Weakley County Sheriff’s Office and others led to the arrest of former Dresden volunteer firefighter, Codie Austin Clark.
There was a fire on Easter Sunday at New Salem Presbyterian Church along Highway 89 in Sharon.
According to the TBI, agents determined Clark intentionally set the fire.
He was arrested Wednesday evening on one count of arson of a place of worship.
Clark was booked in the Weakley County Jail and is currently free on $1,000 bond.
WBBJ TV
April 7, 2021
DRESDEN, Tenn. A former volunteer firefighter has been charged in connection to a weekend church fire.
An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Weakley County Sheriff’s Office and others led to the arrest of former Dresden volunteer firefighter, Codie Austin Clark.
The fire took place on Easter Sunday at New Salem Presbyterian Church along Highway 89 in Sharon.
According to the TBI, agents determined Clark intentionally set the fire.
He was arrested Wednesday evening on one count of arson of a place of worship.
Clark was booked in the Weakley County Jail and is currently free on $1,000 bond.