On October 22, 2014 at 3:27 AM, Officers were dispatched to the 500 block of Third Avenue for a house fire. Upon arrival Officers found the occupants of the house on a balcony due to the fire below them. As Officers entered the residence they found the fire extinguished and the smoke detectors inside the residence broken. Officers observed damage to the kitchen area from the fire. The Sturgeon Bay Fire Department was summoned to make sure that there was no remaining fire in the residence.
Officers learned that a 28 year old Sturgeon Bay man had intentionally started the fire in the residence. Officers arrested the 28 year old Sturgeon Bay man and incarcerated him at the Door County Jail on the following charges:
- Arson-Felony.
- Disorderly Conduct-Misdemeanor.
- Criminal Damage To Property-Misdemeanor.
- Outstanding warrants.
