Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
4100 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Phone: 703-246-3801, TTY: 711 and Fax:703-385-1687
Duty PIO (Weekends/After-hours): 703-280-0694
Media Information Line: 703-324-3000
Email: fire-rescue.PIO-LSE@fairfaxcounty.gov
Website: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fire

07/05/07

Juveniles Charged With Setting Fire

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department fire investigators charged two juveniles from the Burke area on Friday, June 29, 2007, for setting a fire capable of spreading value over $200.00, (Class 6 felony, Virginia Code § 18.2-86).

Juveniles, 13 and 14, were arrested in connection with setting cardboard boxes on fire on a balcony of the garden apartment/condominium, Friday, June 22, 2007, at 3807 Laramie Place. No injuries were reported.

Class 6 felonies can convey a term of imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than five years, or in the discretion of the jury or the court trying the case without a jury, confinement in jail for not more than 12 months and a fine of not more than $2,500, either or both.

The two juveniles were released to their parent’s custody pending court hearing.

For more information, call Daniel L. Schmidt or Lieutenant Raúl G. Castillo, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, 703-246-3801 and TTY: 711. Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all county programs, services and activities. Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request.