Crime & Safety
Man Arrested For Setting Woman’s AC Unit On Fire: Deputies
Roderick Jackson is charged with first-degree arson, second-degree arson, second-degree malicious burning and reckless endangerment.
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HYATTSVILLE, MD—A man is facing arson charges after deputies say he set a woman’s air conditioning unit on fire.
According to the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office, Roderick Jackson was taken into custody on Monday and charged with first-degree arson, second-degree arson, second-degree malicious burning and reckless endangerment.
Deputies say on Sept. 19, 2019, Jackson was in the 5300 block of Quincy Street Hyattsville, MD when he allegedly set fire to a woman's window AC unit.
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The victim reported seeing flames and smelled smoke coming from her air conditioner unit where Jackson was standing, deputies said.
She contacted the fire department for emergency assistance.
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Jackson then fled the scene before deputies tracked his down two months later and arrested him.
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