10-Year-Old Sets Fire Inside Store, Causes $200K Worth Of Damage

A 10-year-old boy is facing charges after Middletown police said he intentionally set fire inside a business that caused $200,000 worth of damage. Police were dispatched to the fire inside a Family Dollar on Roosevelt Boulevard, at around 1 p.m. The Middletown Fire Department arrived, extinguish the fire and cleared the large amount of smoke from the business, police said. Approximately 10 people were inside the business at the time of the fire. No injures were reported. While investigating the fire, police said evidence was located indicating the fire was intentionally set.