LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A former tenant allegedly set an condominium advanced’s leasing workplace on fireplace as a result of he was upset over rising lease costs, police stated in paperwork the 8 Information Now Investigators obtained.
Clinton Hogan Jr., 66, faces a first-degree arson cost related to a Could 5 fireplace at a Boulder Freeway condominium advanced, information stated. Clark County firefighters responded to the hearth on the condominium’s leasing workplace close to Tropicana Avenue.
The fireplace began across the workplace’s entrance window, a county spokesperson stated. After the hearth, a witness instructed police he noticed an individual “break into the front office… with lighter fluid,” paperwork stated.
Officers arrested Hogan shortly after the hearth strolling close by, paperwork stated. They famous he was carrying a lighter, painter’s solvent and a bottle of whiskey.
Hogan instructed an officer he used to dwell on the condominium advanced however that he moved as a result of “his rent got too high,” paperwork stated.
“He said that he was upset because he had to leave the apartment complex due to high rent,” paperwork stated. “He said that he had been drinking.”
One other witness stated he noticed a person matching Hogan’s description “pouring fluid… onto the front window of the leasing office,” paperwork stated.
Hogan remained in custody Monday on $20,000 bail. A preliminary listening to was scheduled for Could 22.
A report from constructioncoverage.com launched final November confirmed the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metropolitan space had the Twentieth-highest median lease within the nation, with costs at $2,107 monthly.
As a complete, Nevada ranked No. 11 within the nation with the median lease value at $2,031. The nationwide median lease that month was $1,865.
