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Two Belfast Teenagers Were Arrested for Arson, After an Investigation of an House Fire

Belfast House Fire on Patterson Hill Road/State Fire Marshal’s Office


Two Belfast teens were arrested in connection to a house fire that occurred on Friday morning.

Police and fire crews were called to a residence on Patterson Hill Road in Belfast at 2:45 am.

Spotted nearby were 19-year-olds Isaac Cummings and Rowan Locke, both from Belfast.

The State Fire Marshal’s Office investigated and found the fire was set intentionally.

Police later that afternoon, arrested Cummings and Locke for arson, and were both transported to the Somerset County Jail, where they are being held on $10,000 cash bail.

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