arson firegeezer on 31 Jul 2008 09:05 am
Upstate FF Arrested On Arson Charges
A LYONS, NEW YORK, VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER has been arrested and accused of setting at least five fires in Wayne County.
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle REPORTS:
Justin Confer, 20, of Geneva Street has been charged with five felony counts of third-degree arson, according to Wayne County sheriff’s deputies. Confer is a member of the Lyons Fire Department.
Deputies had been investigating Confer in connection with a series of suspicious fires. Lt. Bob Hetzke of the Sheriff’s Office said they followed him to an abandoned trailer on Fink Road about 6:35 p.m. Monday, and Confer set the trailer on fire.
Deputies arrested Confer when he returned to fight the fire.
In every instance of the arsons, Confer was the first to arrive at the fire station to respond on the alarm. After being interrogated by the sheriff’s deputies, he confessed to setting four other barn fires in the same area.
The married father of two is being held under $40,000 cash bond.
WHAM-TV Ch. 13 Rochester has a video report:
