BOY, 13, CHARGED WITH ARSON ATTEMPT

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, January 21, 1993                   TAG: 9301210049
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: METRO  
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BOY, 13, CHARGED WITH ARSON ATTEMPT
Roanoke County authoritieshave charged a 13-year-old boy with trying to set a fire in a Southwest Roanoke County town-house community.
The teen-ager told authorities he tried to set fire to a natural-gas meter outside a condominium unit at The Forest, where his family lives, Fire Marshal Donald Gillispie said.
A few days after the alleged attempt, a two-alarm fire destroyed two town houses at The Forest.
The youth has denied any connection with the Nov. 12 fire in the town houses, which authorities believe was started by someone setting fire to the natural-gas meter, Gillispie said.
Despite the similarities, Gillispie said, there was insufficient evidence to link the youth to the fire, which caused $350,000 worth of damage.
"We have our own ideas about it, but there's no evidence that he started that particular fire."
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by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB