A SIOUX CITY MAN IS IN CUSTODY FACING SEVERAL CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY SETTING A VACANT HOUSE ON FIRE SATURDAY NIGHT.
35-YEAR-OLD LONZO THOMAS IS CHARGED WITH RECKLESS USE OF FIRE, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, TRESPASS WITH DAMAGE OVER $300, AND POSSESSION OF METH AND MARIJUANA 3RD OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE.
A NEIGHBOR REPORTED A FIRE AT AN UNOCCUPIED VACANT STRUCTURE AT 1517 JONES STREET SHORTLY AFTER 7PM SATURDAY NIGHT.
SIOUX CITY FIRE RESCUE FOUND A SMALL FIRE INSIDE THE LIVING ROOM OF THE TWO-STORY RESIDENTIAL HOME AND SIOUX CITY POLICE REMOVED THE TRANSIENT FROM INSIDE.
IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IN ADDITION TO THE CURRENT FIRE, MANY PAST TENSE FIRES HAD ALSO BEEN SET IN THE VACANT STRUCTURE.
LONZO THOMAS IS BEING HELD ON $7500 BOND.
