WALDORF, Md. — A 29-year-old St. Mary’s County man is being held without bond after Maryland fire investigators alleged he intentionally set fire to the rear deck of a Waldorf home where seven people, including a minor, were inside, leading to charges of first-degree arson, malicious burning, seven counts of reckless endangerment and malicious destruction of property.
Demartez Trequan Thomas, 29, of California, Maryland, is accused of setting the Sept. 11 fire at a residence on Morraine Street in Waldorf, according to charging documents filed in the District Court for Charles County.
Investigators alleged GPS data from an ankle monitor Thomas was wearing showed him in the immediate area of the rear deck of the home…