COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A man who has been on KRDO13 Investigates‘ radar for arson before is once again in custody after police say he was linked to two fires intentionally set in eastern Colorado Springs on Thursday evening.
The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) said at around 4 p.m. on Jan. 29, they were alerted that 22-year-old Brandon Hugney, who was classified as a “missing person,” had been spotted near the 1500 block of Space Center Drive, by the intersection of Powers Boulevard and Palmer Park Boulevard. At around the same time, police learned a fire had been intentionally set in the same area.
While detectives were searching the area for Hugney at around 5:16 p.m., a second fire was reported in the Sand Creek Drainage near Galley Rd and Space Center Drive, CSPD said. Just a minute later, police found Hugney approximately 300 feet from the second fire…