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

10/09/07

Juveniles Charged With Setting Fires

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department fire investigators charged two Centreville juveniles, Monday, October 8, 2007, for setting fires capable of spreading on land, (Class 6 felony, Virginia Code § 18.2-86), burning and destroying personal property greater than $200, (Class 4 Felony Virginia Code § 18.2-81), and burning and destroying personal property under than $200, (Class 1 Misdemeanor, Virginia Code § 18.2-81).

The arrests are in connection with two mail boxes set on fire in the Centreville area of Fairfax County, Monday, October 8, 2007. There were no injuries. Damage is estimated at $300.

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.

Class 4 felonies, can convey a term of imprisonment of not less than two years nor more than ten years and, subject to subdivision (g), a fine of not more than $100,000.

Class 1 misdemeanor, confinement in jail for not more than 12 months and a fine of not more than $2,500, either or both.

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.