COMPETITION IN THE RESTAURANT TRADE CAN BE TOUGH. In Kenner, Louisiana, a 74-yr.-old woman was arrested yesterday (Tuesday) and charged with arson after setting fire to a restaurant business on October 2. The woman, Mae Fong operates the Fong’s Chinese & Cantonese Restaurant in Kenner and police say that surveillance video tapes show her setting fire to the Young’s Garden Chinese Restaurant which is located just over a block away from her establishment.
WDSU-TV Ch. 6 reported on the arrest:
Kenner Police Chief Steve Caraway told news reporters that the tapes show Fong approaching Young’s restaurant shortly after 3 am just before the fire was started with an accelerant. The video was “extremely valuable” in solving the crime, he said. “It’s hard to refute that type of evidence.”
The fire caused $50,000 to $60,000 in damages.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune has MORE.
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