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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Salisbury teens face charges in fires

SALISBURY -- Three teens are facing criminal charges after a two-story vacant home was intentionally burned during the weekend, according to Maryland State Fire Marshal investigators.
Salisbury and Delmar firefighters were dispatched to a home in the 7800 block of Jersey Road at 3:55 p.m. Saturday. They were able to control the fire within 10 minutes.
The fire, which started in a second-floor bedroom in the ceiling area, caused about $1,500 of damage to the wood-frame, single-family home.
The juveniles, ages 14 and 15, have been charged with second-degree arson, first-degree burglary, second-degree malicious burning and malicious destruction of property.
The teenagers have been released to their parents, according to investigators.
Last week, Thomas John McGuire, a 42-year-old Delmar resident, was charged with plotting with two teenage boys to burn down a house on East Chestnut Street.
He was charged with arson conspiracy, malicious burning, contributing to the condition of a child and reckless endangerment.
Two 15-year-old male juveniles were also charged with arson and burglary in December. The charges were filed following a monthlong investigation into a fire inside a two-story vacant house. The fire caused about $30,000 of damage to the home.
Thirty-nine firefighters from Delmar, Salisbury, Hebron and Mardela Springs were dispatched for the reported fire and were able to control the blaze within 40 minutes, according to the Fire Marshal's Office.
No injuries were reported.
One of the juveniles charged allegedly admitted to setting the fire during an interview with fire investigators, according to charging documents. McGuire allegedly talked to him about how to set the house next door on fire and gave him instructions on how to make it look like an accident.
A District Court trial for McGuire is scheduled for mid-March

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