Police SayA firefighter was arrested for starting five fires on Long Island, including one sparked by a Molotov cocktail, authorities said. Wale Aliyu reports.
What to Know
- A firefighter was arrested for starting five fires on Long Island, including one sparked by a Molotov cocktail, police said
- Bethpage Fire Department member Christopher Cordeiro, 20, of Bethpage, set the fires between last June and Sunday, August 19 of this year
- He faces charges including third-degree arson, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, fourth-degree arson and fifth-degree arson
A firefighter was arrested for starting five fires on Long Island, including one sparked by a Molotov cocktail, authorities said.
Bethpage Fire Department member Christopher Cordeiro, 20, of Bethpage, used a Molotov cocktail to set the first fire in a pit across from 25 Arthur Ave. in Bethpage last June, Nassau County police said.
On March 1 of this year, Cordeiro set another fire, in a dumpster at 67 West Millpage Drive, police said.
On Aug. 5, Cordeiro started a fire inside an abandoned house at 285 Stewart Ave., and on Aug. 10, he started a blaze in a wooded area next to 96 Broadway, according to police.
And on Sunday, he set a fire inside a shed at 121 North Hermann Ave., police said. He was arrested at the Bethpage Fire House on Union Avenue on Sunday.
Cordeiro faces charges including third-degree arson, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, fourth-degree arson and fifth-degree arson, and is expected to appear in court on Monday.
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