Court date pushed back for Eastern Shore arson suspects
The hearings for the two people accused of being responsible for the arson on the Eastern Shore has been pushed back to June.
The hearings for the two people accused of being responsible for the arson on the Eastern Shore has been pushed back to June.
“There’s a tractor in there, my lawnmower is in there. It could have blown up. It could have caught the barn on fire,” said one man.
A woman accused in a slew of Eastern Shore arson cases went off on a reporter outside the Accomack County General District Court on Wednesday.
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Two arrests have been made, one individual has a connection with the Tasley volunteer fire department. More charges are expected, said police.
The investigation into the more than 70 arson fires set since November remains on-going.
Accomack County firefighters have spent 3,700 hours fighting arson fires.
There have been over 70 arsons on the Eastern Shore and the culprit is still out there somewhere.
CBS 6 traveled to the Eastern Shore where a serial arsonist is terrorizing the Accomack community, setting over 70 fires since November 2012.
Nearly 70 fires have been set in Accomack County since November
Virginia State Police now say 44 arson cases on the Eastern Shore could be the work of a group of people.
Virginia State Police were called to the 2500 block of Foxgrove Road in Parksley to an abandoned structure fire just before 11 p.m. Saturday.