Arson Suspect Holds Off Firefighters With A Knife

Arson Suspect Holds Off Firefighters With A Knife

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Story Published: Dec 8, 2004 at 4:21 AM PST

Story Updated: Aug 31, 2006 at 12:48 AM PST

By KOMO Staff & News Services

EVERETT - Police in Everett have arrested a man accused of setting a fire and then holding firefighters off with a knife.

A witness said an armed man delayed firefighters when they responded about 5 o'clock Wednesday morning to a fire in a small apartment building at 3431 Lombard.

Officials suspect the man set a fire in his own apartment and in two other places. He was reportedly in the process of trying to set more fires when crews arrived and he held a knife on them to prevent them form battling the blaze, then he ran off.

Police tracked him down about two hours later when he ran into a patrol car about 10 blocks away. Everett Police Sergeant Cheryl Braley says the suspect was combative and resisted arrest. He was taken to a hospital. Police recovered two large knives.

No one was hurt in the fire.

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