Grocery Store Owner Charged With Arson, Fraud

The co-owner of Goose River Grocery in Belfast has been arrested and charged with arson and insurance deception, nine months after the store was destroyed in a fire. The Bangor Daily News reported that Kyle Skinner, 35, was arrested as part of an ongoing investigation by Belfast police, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the National Insurance Crime Bureau and the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit. Skinner also was charged with theft by deception and more charges are expected.