Charlottetown man charged in 2 arsons, including burning of Pride flag
A 23-year-old man has been charged with two counts of arson in connection to fires set final week in Charlottetown, together with the burning of a Delight flag.
Metropolis police stated in a launch Wednesday that the person was arrested over the weekend after he was recognized with the assistance of E-watch and native enterprise surveillance footage from downtown Charlottetown.
The 2 incidents occurred within the early morning of July 19.
Within the first, a Delight flag hooked up to a house on Sydney Road was set on fireplace at 1 a.m., inflicting some harm to the constructing’s siding earlier than it was extinguished.
A couple of hours later, two witnesses noticed somebody place a flaming cup on high of {an electrical} field at a College Avenue dwelling, and a person operating away.
Members of the town’s LGBTQ+ group reacted with shock to the incidents, which occurred whereas Charlottetown’s annual Delight Competition was happening. A well known member of the group lives in the home the place the Delight flag was burned.
Police stated the person charged was launched Tuesday morning, and can seem in court docket at a later date.
