Suspected ambulance, fire department arsonist from Connecticut arrested in Pa.
Updated Feb 28, 2021;
This story was updated Sunday afternoon with information on the arrest.
A man accused of committing several arsons at emergency-services stations in Connecticut has been arrested in Pennsylvania.
Richard White was taken into custody Saturday night after he was spotted by the Pennsylvania State Police, WBRE/WYOU is reporting.
State police at Milton said they were alerted by Connecticut authorities that White had been seen traveling west in Interstate 80.
He was taken into custody about 8 p.m. during a traffic stop in the Milton area, they said. White is being held in the Northumberland County Prison pending extradition to Connecticut.
State police: Vehicle fire intentionally set at Roxbury firehouse
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ROXBURY State Police are investigating a fire they said was “intentionally set” at the Roxbury fire department Saturday evening.
State police spokesman Trooper First Class Pedro Muniz said the agency’s Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit was requested by the town’s fire marshal to assist the investigation into the blaze.
“There were no reported injuries. This incident is still in the beginning stages of investigation. Once we receive more information we will disseminate it appropriately,” Muniz said in an email Saturday.
Television station WFSB Channel 3 in Hartford reported authorities are searching for a man throwing Molotov cocktails at emergency medical services. Citing Old Saybrook Police Chief Michael Spera, the outlet reported a man threw one of the incendiary devices on the ground at Hunters Ambulance Headquarters o
Disgruntled employee charged in Molotov cocktail attacks on Hunter’s Ambulance facilities- MERIDEN Police arrested a Hunter’s Ambulance employee on charges he threw Molotov cocktails at Hunter’s facilities in Meriden and Old Saybrook before setting fire to a Roxbury firehouse and a private home.Old Saybrook police said 37-year-old Richard.
37-year-old Richard White is expected to be extradited to Connecticut sometime in the next couple of weeks.
He ll face charges in each town these fires sparked in.
On Sunday, CT State and Meriden Police revealed more about the timeline of yesterday s fires, but as far as a motive, we re still waiting to learn that.
CT State Police provide an update after a Torrington man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at CT ambulances was arrested in Pennsylvania late Saturday night. The first fire, it was reported in Old Saybrook shortly after 4:00 and the last fire in Roxbury was reported shortly after 6:00, so everything that occurred last night happened in a very, you know, rapid timeframe, CT State Police Sgt. Paul Makuc stated.