Caught On Tape: Man Starts Fire Inside Adult Bookstore
Source: msnbc.msn.com
WTVJ-TV
8:06 p.m. EDT August 23, 2006
MIAMI - Miami-Dade police are searching for the man who was caught on tape starting a fire inside an adult bookstore in Miami. It happened Saturday, Aug. 12, at about 3:20 a.m. inside the store on Southwest 40th Street.
Police said a man went inside the bookstore and asked the clerk for change for the video machines. The man then went into a video booth.
"The guy came in like a regular customer," said store manager Theresa Jelley.
Police said a few minutes later, the man came out of the booth and told the clerk, "I have a guilty conscience. I'm going to set the place on fire."
"It came out of nowhere. He told the clerk that he felt guilty and then he walked to the booth, opened it up and threw gasoline on the floor and lit a lighter," Jelley said.
Surveillance video inside the store showed that the man pulled out a plastic bottle filled with a liquid and poured the liquid on the ground in the video area. He then ignited the liquid, causing a large fire.
"He was going to call the cops and then he saw him open the door and I guess he realized what the guy was going to do, because you can smell gasoline, I'm assuming, and he ran over there to try to stop him but it was too late. It was a split second that it happened," Jelley said.
The man ignored the clerk's attempts to pull him away by the shirttail and spread more liquid in the hallway.
The tape shows the man calmly leaving the store on foot.
Jelley said the clerk was able to douse the flames to prevent further damage.
Police described the man who set the fire as a Latin man with a dark complexion who is about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches tall with a medium build.
"Most of our customers are regulars and nobody's ever seen him before," Jelley said.
Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.
ADULT BOOKSTORES UNDER FIRE BY MOGADISHU RADICALS !!!!!!
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