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Hotel Patron Charged With Felony Arson

By: Jon Wilcox
 
A guest of Americas Best Value Inn was arrested on arson charges March 2 in connection with a fire that damaged his hotel room.
 
James Burleigh was arrested at the scene by an investigator with the San Marcos Fire Marshal’s Office.
 
Hotel employees noticed smoke coming from a second-floor room and called 911 at 9:31 a.m. San Marcos firefighters arrived at 9:34 a.m. and extinguished the flames by 9:45 a.m.
 
The fire caused approximately $30,000 in damages but failed to spread to adjacent buildings or vehicles. No one was injured.
 
Burleigh will face a first-degree felony charge for setting a building in habitation on fire. He could receive five to 99 years in a state prison along with up to $10,000 in possible fines. 

Jon Wilcox is a news reporter for the University Star where this story originally published. It is reprinted here through a news partnership between the University Star and Corridor News.

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