BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Baton Rouge man was arrested after allegedly setting fire to a car near a house where his ex-girlfriend and others lived.
Damion Milton, 20, was charged with aggravated arson in connection with the July 28, 2025, incident in the 700 block of N. 38th Street. He was taken into custody at his grandmother’s home before being booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
According to an affidavit, a fire-damaged Blue Ford Eco Sport under a carport was parked three feet from a home where six people were asleep inside. Investigators with the Baton Rouge Fire Department found an ignitable liquid in a one-gallon jug near the car…