Arsonist Torches Trash Cans
Police and fire investigators looking into a series of more than 20 intentionally set trash bin fires.
UPDATED Dec. 28 at 11:16 a.m. Several trash cans were burned, but no one was injured in a string of arson incidents that occurred on Dec. 22 in the Dacula area. A New Hope Road resident arrived home shortly after 2 a.m. on Dec. 22 to find Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services personnel extinguishing two flaming trash cans at her residence. The incident was just one of eight reported that evening. Police and firefighters were also called to homes on Gracebrook Drive, Luke Edwards Road and Indian Bluffs Drive. The eight incidents were the latest in a series of intentionally set trash bin fires in the Dacula and Lawrenceville areas dating back to August according to Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services public information officer …
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