NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly set fire to multiple locations near downtown Nashville as thousands of country music fans attended CMA Fest over the weekend.
According to an arrest affidavit for 49-year-old Mitchell Stroud, officers with the Metro Nashville Police Department were called after Stroud was seen setting multiple fires along 12th Avenue North near Broadway.
Witnesses provided the officers Stroud’s description, which led police to surveillance footage from the area capturing him starting fires at multiple businesses, leaving them damaged, an affidavit states…