WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Officers in Wilkes-Barre Township apprehended a man they claim tried to start a fire at an empty building on Schechter Drive on Wednesday.
Ja’mane D’anthony Albert, 22, with addresses listed as Columbus, Ohio, and homeless, reportedly broke a window and tried to start a fire at the empty building that used to be a credit union, according to police.
Wilkes-Barre Township Fire Department went to the scene.
Police said a witness who called 911 recorded Albert’s alleged actions.
When Albert was confronted by police, he allegedly confessed to attempting to set the building on fire.
Albert was arraigned by District Judge David Barilla of Forty Fort on charges of arson, reckless burning, risking a catastrophe and criminal mischief. Albert was imprisoned at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility without bail as Barilla considered him a threat to society and homeless.
