Man arrested in connection to Glendale apartment complex fire

GLENDALE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — Police say a person has been arrested in connection to a fireplace that broken a number of residences and left 9 individuals homeless in Glendale on Christmas Day.

Emergency crews have been referred to as to an house fireplace close to 57th Avenue and Camelback Highway. Police arrived and located 25-year-old Raheem Fatif McFadden yelling at officers and making an attempt to confront them. Court docket paperwork say McFadden mentioned he was contained in the advanced as a result of his daughter and girlfriend lived there. Nevertheless, he then gave officers the fallacious title and was launched. McFadden was discovered shortly afterward, and police found he had an warrant for probation violation. Court docket paperwork says officers searched McFadden’s backpack and located he had a stolen gun inside and 13 rounds of ammo and wasn’t allowed to have them as a result of he’s a prohibited possessor. He was taken into custody.

Police later received surveillance video from the house fireplace. Investigators mentioned the video confirmed McFadden operating up and down stairs to an house. He then runs down the steps once more and doesn’t return. A number of minutes later, a fireplace begins. Detectives say McFadden bumped into one other house, requested to make use of the particular person’s cellphone, and referred to as his mom.

Officers interviewed McFadden, who continued to be aggressive towards police. He reportedly mentioned he went to the house to get his pockets. Nevertheless, when officers tried to ask him if he had gone inside, he received indignant and requested for a lawyer.

McFadden had a number of earlier felony prices, together with weapons and home violence prices. He was booked on two counts of felony endangerment, possession of a firearm by a prohibited possessor, possession of stolen property, arson and obstructing authorities operations and probation violation.

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