Boy, 11, charged in fire that burned home
Photo credit: Kevin Imm | An 11-year-old boy in Hicksville was arrested and charged with arson on Saturday after he sparked a small fire that soon engulfed a home, Nassau County police said. (June 4, 2011)
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An 11-year-old boy in Hicksville was arrested and charged with arson on Saturday after he sparked a small fire that soon engulfed a home, Nassau County police said.
The 1:40 p.m. fire on East John Street displaced 12 residents, police said. It took 150 firefighters from five fire departments to extinguish the blaze. It was not the boy's home, police said.
The boy was charged with fourth-degree...
