Security Guard Accused of Lighting Firecracker in Men’s Bathroom Toilet of Tacoma Facility.
KOMO Television | September 15, 2020TACOMA, Wash. — A security guard at a downtown Tacoma building is facing charges Tuesday for allegedly lighting a firecracker in a men’s bathroom toilet.
A spokesperson for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said a fire alarm was activated Sept. 13 just before 3:15 a.m. on the second floor of the County-City Building in downtown Tacoma.
Firefighters entered the building and found smoke coming from the men’s restroom. Investigators said it appeared that a firecracker was throw into a toilet.
Surveillance video revealed one of the security employees using his access card to enter the building at 3:10 a.m. when returning from a break.
The man walked to the second floor men’s restroom and was captured on video entering and exiting the restroom at the time the fire occurred.
Deputies contacted the security guard at his Parkland area residence and arrested him.
The 37-year-old suspect was booked into the Pierce County Jail for arson in the second degree.
Not exactly Ocean’s Eleven. What was the endgame here? And who did he think would be blamed, at 3:15 in the morning?
Tacoma, kinda like Florida only colder
And not quite as leftist as Seattle.