A letter of condemnation from the Great Barrington Board of Health is taped to one of the doors at 232 Stockbridge Road after a fire this month that police now say was set by the property owner in an attempt to defraud an insurance company. HEATHER BELLOW
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GREAT BARRINGTON â It was the silver Prius that made Harry Sano an arson suspect and closed the case for police.
Surveillance cameras from two gas stations and a Goodwill store apparently captured images of a silver Prius heading toward the scene of the fire last month at 232 Stockbridge Road â a building that used to house âWonderful Things,â the eclectic yarn store that he and his wife opened in 1973.
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85-year-old man charged with arson following Great Barrington blaze
Authorities arrested local resident Harry Sano in connection with the incident. By Associated Press
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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (AP) A Massachusetts man is facing charges of arson and insurance fraud in connection with a fire that consumed a building he owned in Great Barrington.
The building held apartments and a retail shop but was vacant when it went up in flames July 7. Firefighters from three area departments worked to extinguish the blaze.
Great Barrington Police Chief Paul Storti said Thursday that authorities arrested local resident Harry Sano in connection with the incident. Authorities allege the 85-year-old Sano intentionally started the fire and then filed an insurance claim for the damage.
Published July 22. 2021 11:29PM
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (AP) A Massachusetts man is facing charges of arson and insurance fraud in connection with a fire that consumed a building he owned in Great Barrington.
The building held apartments and a retail shop but was vacant when it went up in flames July 7. Firefighters from three area departments worked to extinguish the blaze.
Great Barrington Police Chief Paul Storti said Thursday that authorities arrested local resident Harry Sano in connection with the incident. Authorities allege the 85-year-old Sano intentionally started the fire and then filed an insurance claim for the damage.
Storti said that even though the building was empty, the fire posed a danger to firefighters as well as nearby residents.
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