Police have served an arrest warrant on a teen in connection to a residential fire that occurred on July 4th in Madisonville.
Madisonville Police report 18-year old Jonathan Emerson was charged with 3rd Degree Arson for a fire at an unoccupied residence at 409 Park Row. Police say firefighters responded to the blaze around 10:15 p.m. July 4th and quickly got the fire under control but not before the home suffered heavy damage.
Police are still asking for the public’s help identifying those individuals response for two more suspicious fires that occurred around in the morning hours of July 5th at unoccupied fireworks stands located at the corner of South Main Street and East McLaughlin Street and Market Place on South Main Street. Tips can be called into Crime Stoppers at (270) 825-1111.
