MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – A 50-year-old man is under arrest in Dane County, for allegedly starting a second fire at a house where a convicted sex offender was planning to move in.
Sheriff’s officials said the Cottage Grove man became a person of interest early in the investigation into Sunday night’s arson blaze in the town of Cottage Grove.
Detectives went to the suspect’s home, but were told he had left the area. The man was later found at Muscoda in southwest Wisconsin. Doctors at UW Hospital examined him, and he was then booked into the Dane County Jail.
The burned-out house was also targeted by an arsonist in December. It was repaired, but it’s now considered a total loss.
The state had arranged for a 40-year-old sex offender to move there by the end of this month.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
