Man charged with setting fires ‘because he was told to,’ deputies say

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – A Mexican national was arrested in Polk County after deputies say he admitted to setting a fire under a mobile home and trying to break into a Winter Haven business.

On Jan. 31, a homeowner on 11th Street West reported two incidents of arson at her property.

She told deputies she had found a trail of burnt grass leading across the yard behind a mobile home on her property and said a resident on the property admitted to her he had set the fire…

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