Man arrested on arson, domestic violence charges in South Lake Tahoe house fire
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- Authorities arrested a South Lake Tahoe man on arson and domestic battery charges.
- The man is accused of starting a fire that burned a South Lake Tahoe home.
- The suspect was found and taken into custody in a hotel room at Harrah’s Casino in Nevada.
Authorities on Thursday arrested a man accused of starting a fire that burned a South Lake Tahoe home in a suspected domestic violence incident.
The South Lake Tahoe man was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery and two counts of malicious arson to an inhabited structure, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department announced in a news release.
About 4:45 a.m. Thursday, dispatchers received a 911 call reporting the fire in the 3300 block of Treehaven Drive. Firefighters and police officers arrived and found the burning home, according to the news release. Firefighters put out the fire before the flames spread into any trees or neighboring homes. No injuries from the fire were reported.
Police said officers learned the fire was part of a domestic violence incident, and the fire had been intentionally started. Investigators then identified a suspect who left before authorities arrived. Investigators later learned the identified suspect had a hotel room at Harrah’s Casino across the Nevada state line. Police, with help from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, confirmed the suspect was inside a Harrah’s hotel room.
Police said the suspect refused to come out of the hotel room. South Lake Tahoe police detectives obtained an arrest warrant for the suspect. Douglas County sheriff’s officials entered the hotel room and took the suspect into custody. The South Lake Tahoe man was booked at the Douglas County jail, where he was being held without bail pending extradition back to California.
