Police have arrested a suspect in connection with last week’s fire that killed three people in Bethel.
Police have charged 35 year-old Adam Andrew with 11 felony counts and six misdemeanor counts. Among the most serious charges are three counts of murder in the second degree and one count of arson. Andrew has pleaded not guilty to his misdemeanor counts and has not yet entered a plea for the felonies. He is being held at the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center.
Investigator Skyler Smith wrote in a report that Andrew set a fire in the walkway between the two apartments that suffered the most damage while he was blackout drunk. In his report, Smith provided one eyewitness account from a 16-year-old who said that they saw Andrew start the fire. Other neighbors told Smith that they heard yelling outside before the fire started.
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Man charged with second-degree murder, arson in Bethel apartment fire that killed 3 - Alaska Public MediaPolice have charged 35 year-old Adam Andrew with 11 felony counts and six misdemeanor counts. Among the most serious charges are three counts of murder in the second degree and one count of arson.
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