Hotel security guard charged with arson
The director of security at Yotel hotel in New York has been charged with setting five fires in the building over a two-year period. According to authorities, the 30-year-old man started the small fires in trash bins located in the hallways, emergency exits and stairwells. He is accused of setting the fires with the intention of shutting the hotel down so that he could drink alcohol in his comp room.The man is also being charged with property crimes for three small fires that he allegedly set while employed at another hotel. While working as a security guard at the Soho Grand Hotel, he allegedly set fires between 2009 and 2010. In addition to lightening his workload, authorities have claimed that the accused man desired negative attention be brought to the [...]