Police arrested a man who is accused of setting his rental house on fire last month.
Donnie Allen Harmon, 33, was arrested Thursday in connection to a house fire on April 11 on Veach Street Court in Thomasville.
Harmon is being charged with felony burning of personal property, felony cruelty to animals, first-degree arson, two counts of felony insurance fraud and fraudulently burning of a dwelling.
The house was fully engulfed in flames by the time the fire department arrived on-scene, according to a news release from the Thomasville Police Department. The house was completely destroyed by the fire.
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Newly promoted Assistant Fire Chief Jason Myers moved to Thomasville in 1992, graduating from East Davidson High School. Little did he know his dedication toward a fire service career would lead him to advancement from Battalion Chief to Assistant Chief of Operations.
After beginning his fire service career, Myers continued his education by receiving an Associate s Degree in Fire Protection Technology from Coastal Carolina Community College. He also obtained his Bachelor s Degree in Fire and Emergency Service Management from Fayetteville State University.
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On April 26, Thomasville Fire and Rescue Department Chief Eddie Bowling announced Myers new position which became available after Bowling was promoted to Fire Chief.
By NICOLE PELLETIERE, GMA(GREENSBORO, N.C.) — A health care worker who lost everything in a fire is now thanking her hospital colleagues for helping her family during these hard times. Amanda Rhoney, a nursing assistant and secretary in Wesley Long Hospital’s emergency department in Greensboro, North Carolina, was working the evening of Jan. 24 when [.]
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A mom receives help from colleagues after losing the house from fire. Her colleagues have seen how hardworking she was even after contracting COVID, so they helped her get through the difficult time she underwent.
Devastating News Comes While at Work
On the evening of January 24, Amanda Rhoney was working at Wesley Long Hospital s emergency department when she suddenly received the devastating news. Her ten-year-old daughter, Gentry, phoned her and told her that their house was on fire.
Rhoney said that her husband, Michael, was preparing dinner when the propane tank caught fire. The military veteran husband was making meals for him, Gentry, and his six-year-old son, Mychal.