Anthony Cleaver Mason, 65, was convicted of assault, arson, and reckless endangerment after a fire he started in a St. Mary’s County motel tore through the building and caused hundreds of thousands in damage, officials announced.
Deputies with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Super Eight motel on Three Notch Road in California on June 3, 2024 to investigate multiple reports of a disturbance.
When they arrived, they found Mason barricaded inside a third-floor room after allegedly assaulting someone inside and setting the place on fire…