Madison Man Mad That Someone Else Now Owns His Foreclosed Home Torches Premises, Say Cops; Now Faces Arson Charges

In Madison, Wisconsin, the Wisconsin State Journal reports:

• Upset that someone else was living in the town of Bristol house where he once lived, a Madison man stuffed a rag into a vehicle gas tank in the garage and set it ablaze, according to court documents. Derek C. Hightower, 24, only intended to burn the garage [...]. Instead, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday, the fire spread and destroyed the garage, the house and three vehicles. Hightower was charged with arson. [Current owner] Irma Smith told police she bought the house in December from an investment firm after it had been in foreclosure. She intended to move in this summer.

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