THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, June 20, 1996               TAG: 9606200395
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                    LENGTH:   21 lines

TWO TEENS ACCUSED OF ARSON IN CHURCH FIRE

Fire investigators said Wednesday that two teenagers have been arrested in an arson that destroyed a shed behind Green Run Baptist Church a day earlier.

Fire spokesman Mike Wade said the motive was ``juvenile mischief.'' He said the intentionally set fire wasn't related to any of the arsons plaguing black churches in the South.

Investigators were led to the teenagers - boys ages 13 and 15 - by a Crime Solvers tip, Wade said.

Wade said the boys were charged with two counts of arson each.

The boys were arrested at their homes late Tuesday night and were being held in Tidewater Detention Home, Wade said.

KEYWORDS: FIRE ARSON CHURCH JUVENILE

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