Man charged with arson after fire at vacant Mountaineer Inn in Asheville

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A 28-year-old man was charged with arson after police discovered a fire burning at the vacant Mountaineer Inn in Asheville.

Shortly after midnight on Thursday, Feb. 5, officers with the Asheville Police Department observed a fire and a person inside a vacant room at the Tunnel Road motel, according to an APD press release.

Officers extinguished the fire and took 28-year-old Christopher Marcus Sadler into custody, the release said. After further investigation, Sadler was charged with first-degree arson and breaking and entering. He was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility with no bond…

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