Brief Via MS-NBC Used with permission from NBC News and WKTV2 by Joleen Ferris, WKTV People have set fires in Utica for all different reasons from money to vanity. But the most common arsonist in the community is shocking.
Kids are the ones most often striking the match.
Captain Claude DeMetri from the Arson Strike Task Force said of the arrests they have made, a prevalent number have been juveniles. Therefore, I ve got to say that most fires were created by juveniles. Investigators say they can tell the difference between a fire started by accident and intentional arson. DeMetri says Some of the kids we interviewed last week said, Yeah, we want to see the building burn. We want to see the Fire Department come.