Omar Agurcia Rosales, 32, faces 14 charges for six different fires.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An arson suspect was arrested on Thursday and accused of causing multiple fires across Charlotte, including at apartments and businesses.
Omar Agurcia Rosales, 32, faces 14 charges for six fires in Charlotte. He was arrested on Thursday after a fire at the HHM Tobacco & Vape store on Albemarle Road on Wednesday morning.
Agurcia Rosales is also accused of setting fires at the Essex Condominiums on Sardis Road, the Madison SouthPark Luxury Apartments on Colony Road, the Duke Energy tower on Reddman Road, the Exxon gas station on Albemarle Road, and the Sams Mart convenience store on Providence Road. Court records do not say when these fires occurred.
Documents said Agurcia Rosales used a Molotov cocktail and gasoline to start some of these fires.
He is charged with attempted murder, arson, malicious use of explosives, burning a commercial structure, burning personal property, and possessing a weapon of mass destruction, among other things.
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