Jan. 16, 2023 Calhoun County and state investigators say Arlington firefighter Dontavis George set three structure fires late last year.
Source The Albany Herald, Ga. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Jan. 14—ATLANTA — Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King has announced that Dontavis George, 20, of Arlington, has been charged with three counts each of arson and criminal trespassing.
In October of 2022, King’s office was contacted by the Calhoun County Sheriff, Josh Hilton, in reference to a series of fires in Arlington.
“During October and November, two mobile home fires and one site-built structure fire in Arlington were determined to be incendiary in nature,” the fire commissioner said in a news release. “Working with investigators from the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, we developed multiple leads that resulted in a full confession by Mr. George.”
George was arrested on Jan. 5.