Terms Search Tips Targeted Search by Area Website FAQs Notice of SAI Plus enforcement action. The Medina Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at the Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana early Wednesday, January 21. SFMO Deputy Tommy Sing and Special Agent Marshal Littleton of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms determined the fire was intentionally set. Their investigation led to the questioning of suspects Holt and Jones, and one of the men gave a statement about the fire.
Investigators say gasoline was used to set fire to a playground fence, a church wall and door.
Quick action by firefighters kept the damage to a minimum. The two suspects are believed to have been the first to report the fire. State Fire Marshal G. Mike Davis praised the work of Deputy Sing and Agent Littleton. Davis said the suspects would be tried under a new law passed by the Legislature that increased the penalty for setting fire to a church. At the time of their arrests both suspects were on probation on burglary charges.