Igniter in custody

Setting fires while intoxicated: Arrest!

A 28-year-old man was observed "setting fires" by a witness - now he is in custody

The police have tracked down a man from Burgenland who is allegedly responsible for a series of arsons in Lower Austria. On Sunday evening near Vösendorf and Maria Enzersdorf, the 28-year-old from the district of Neusiedl am See had set fire to a skip container filled with various cardboard boxes and garbage and standing next to a façade, a mattress in the undergrowth that was presumably being used as an emergency sleeping place, as well as newspaper in a bush and in a shopping cart.

Alcohol test positive
Because a witness had seen him, the police managed to track down and arrest the man from Burgenland on the same day. However, the suspect was unable to give the officers much information during questioning as he was intoxicated at the time, as a breathalyzer test showed.

Hardly any memory
The 28-year-old stated that he could no longer remember the specific events due to his alcohol consumption, but admitted to being responsible for the arson. As this was not the first time he had committed such offenses, the official action was carried out by officers from the Provincial Criminal Police Office.

The man from Burgenland was then taken to Wr. Neustadt prison. Investigations into other possible criminal offenses are currently underway.