White County Autorities Looking For Who Is Responsible For Bridge Arsons
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Someone has been setting fire to bridges in White
County.
County Judge Bob Parish promises jail time when the culprit is
caught.
Road department director KW Billings says that there have been
five bridge arsons over the past four years. Billings says the
arsonist soaks the bridges in diesel, sometimes using a tire to
help get the flames going.
At one bridge, Billings says he can still smell the diesel. He
says it appears the arsonist used five gallons of fuel on that
bridge.
White County has between 400 to 500 bridges and Billings says he
doesn`t have the workers to watch all of them.
Paris says the county has fewer than 20 deputies, not enough to
carpet the county to prevent another arson. A reward has doubled to
$1,000 for information leading to an arrest and
conviction -- and Parish is asking for the public`s help.
