Firebug with 15 priors busted for allegedly using Molotov cocktail to set NYC store ablaze: sources
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“A firebug with 15 previous arrests was busted for allegedly using Molotov cocktail to set NYC store ablaze”
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“Isidro Aquino, 39, allegedly sparked the massive fire around 1:45 p.m. inside a building on Fort Hamilton Parkway near 53rd Street in Borough Park”
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“He fled the scene, allowing the flames to ravage a clothing store, with smoke also billowing from a next-door e-bike factory”
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“FDNY Assistant Chief Michael Meyers reported heavy smoke pushing out from doorways”
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“Fire began to burn through that stock, burn up through the floor, and the fire eventually extended up through the building and through the roof”
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“A total of 92 fire and EMS units responded – drawing a total of 200 personnel to the scene”
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“One firefighter was hospitalized for minor injuries, but luckily no civilians were hurt”
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“Aquino was later picked up by EMS workers for public intoxication”
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“He brazenly returned to the fire scene, where fire marshals arrested him around 11 p.m.”
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“Aquino was charged with arson as well as burglary for entering the building without permission”
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“He is accused of entering through a rear door and rummaging through a cardboard box”
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“His motive for allegedly setting the fire was not immediately known”
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“He was last arrested on April 28, 2017 for allegedly punching a 31-year-old man – a stranger – inside Sunset Park at Fifth Avenue and 43rd Street and stealing his jacket”
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“Aquino’s record also includes busts for criminal trespass, robbery, criminal possession of a weapon, drug possession and theft of service dating back to 2011”
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“His arraignment on the new case was pending Monday evening”
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