The Delaware Office of the State Fire Marshal is asking for the public’s help identifying an arson suspect.
On March 31, just before 4:00 p.m. the suspect was seen igniting a fire outside of the Food Lion store located at 4401 Governor Printz Blvd. in the Merchant Square Shopping Center, near Wilmington.
Firefighters from the Brandywine Hundred Fire Company extinguished the fire.
The suspect used several sparklers to ignite paper inside a trash container. The pictured suspect and two others fled on foot from the area.
Anyone with information regarding this suspect is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) TIP-3333 or State fire investigators at the State Fire Marshal’s – New Castle Division (302) 323-5375.
