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LIVE FROM THE KDKA
BROADCAST CENTER IN DOWNTOWN
PITTSBURGH.
THIS IS KDKA-TV NEWS AT SIX.
A VOLUNTEER FACE TO FACE
CHARGED WITH ARSON IN BEAVER
COUNTY CONFESS HES TO POLICE.
GOOD EVENING.
EVEN BEFORE ADMITTING TO THE
CRIME POLICE SAY THAT THIS
FIREFIGHTER WAS A PERSON OF
INTEREST IN NOT ONE BUT TWO
ARSONS.
Reporter: BRENDA WATER IS
LIVE IN BEAVER COUNTY AT THE
SCENE OF ONE OF THOSE FIRES.
NEW AT SIX.
BRENDA.
Reporter: HI.
TWO WEEKS AGO THE BUILDING
BEHIND ME WENT UP IN FLAMES.
POLICE SAY THAT THE PERSON WHO
ADMITTED TO BURNING IT LIVES
RIGHT UP THERE.
THE BUILDING WENT NEWSPAPER
FLAMES THE NIGHT OF APRIL 8th.
ACCORDING TO POLICE THE FIRST
PERSON ON THE SCENE WAS A 21-
YEAR-OLD DAVID WILLIAMS WHO WAS
DRESSED IN FIRE GEAR.
ABOUT FIVE
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HE
CLAIMED TO BE A VOLUNTEER AT
WAS NOT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
THAT HAND MANIED THE LOCAL
AREA.
THEY WERE COMPLETELY UNANSWERED
WARE THAT HE HAD ANY GEAR FROM
WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD.
HE WASN'T CERTIFIED TO BE OUT
FIGHTING FIRES JUST YET .
Reporter: THAT WAS THE FIRST
RED FLAG FOR POLICE.
THE SECOND CAME IN WILLIAMS
FIRST STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED.
HE TOLD POLICE THAT HE STEPPED
ONTO HIS FRONT PORCH, SMELLED
SMOKE, DROVE OVER TO THE
BUILDING IN HIS GEAR, KICKED IN
THE DOOR TO MAKE SURE NOBODY
WAS TRAPPED INSIDE AND THEN
WENT BACK HOME AND TOLD HIS
GIRLFRIEND TO CALL 911.
POLICE SAY THAT THIS IS
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN
WILLIAMS OWN WORDS.
HE LITTLE BUILDING ON FIRE.
Reporter: HOW?
HE STATED TO US THAT HE --
ONCE HE GOT INSIDE HE WALKED
THROUGH THE BILING A CIGARETTE
LIGHTER, LIGHTING PAPERS, FILES
AND MATERIAL ON FILE.
Reporter: HE WAS IN THE
BEAVER COUNTY JAIL BUT POSTED
10% OF A 30,000-DOLLAR BOND AND
WAS RELEASED.
NOW WILLIAMS ALSO TOLD
POLICE THAT HE SET A SECOND
FIRE TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS
ONE.
IT WAS A BRUSH FIRE.
NOW HE TOLD POLICE THEY DID IT
BECAUSE HE WAS BORED.