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Upstate NY Fire Chief Jailed on Arson Charges
Associated Press
September 5, 2008
FALLSBURG, N.Y. - A fire chief in upstate New York is facing charges he and his uncle set fire to a bungalow at an Orthodox Jewish summer camp.
Authorities in Fallsburg believe James Smith wanted to set last week's fire so firefighters in the town southwest of Albany could get some training.
He was arrested Wednesday on several charges including arson and burglary.
The fire chief's uncle also faces those charges and is also charged with a hate crime. Edward Smith is accused of drawing anti-Semitic slurs on a local road.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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