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AUBURN, Maine (AP) The Maine State Fire Marshal’s office says a store employee in Auburn has been charged with setting fire to a couch in a storage area while the store was open.
Ryan Graffam was arrested Monday. Police accused him of setting fire to a couch in the back of a Big Lots store on Saturday and then putting the fire out. Employees evacuated the store. No one was hurt.
Graffam was being held in the Androscoggin County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bail. His court appearance was pending.
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