The search is on for a pair of arson suspects and the cops need your help. They’re plastering video all over the media in hopes that someone will turn them in. It’s worth a quick $10,000 if you know the right information.
Arson suspects still at large
Atlanta, Georgia, has a big problem with arson. The two firebugs they’re currently looking for have nothing to do with the cop car that got torched on Peachtree Street. They have those anarchists in custody.
The ones they need public help finding decided to do some shoplifting. That’s not generally a crime thereabouts but the way they did it is.
Investigators with Atlanta Fire Rescue have three recent fires which are being treated as arson cases. On Tuesday, they put out images of the suspects hoping for clues. All three fires happened at retail stores and the most recent was the Target which went up in flames on January 23.
Police seeking ID on serial arsonist suspects in Atlanta. Fires are lit to generate a distraction for shoplifting, resulting in millions in damage and permanent closure of stores, including area Walmarts and Target. https://t.co/3g2ToVdPu7
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) January 24, 2023
It appears to the detectives that “the fires were intentionally set as a distraction allowing the suspects to walk out of the store without paying.”
To steal a few bucks worth of merchandise, the suspects caused millions in damages. Not to mention lives that were endangered. The Target arson incident, on Piedmont Road in Lindbergh, “sparked a two-alarm response.”
At least two Walmart stores were hit the same way. The location on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and the one on Howell Mill road. Cops can see that all three are “similar in nature, but it is unclear if these fires are connected to the Target fire.”
Two of three will stay closed
According to Walmart, their “Vine City location will open, but two others that were hit with fires will not be reopening.” Thankfully, “no significant injuries were reported” in any of them. Even so, the arson incidents weren’t little trash can fires. They quickly became out of control blazes which “caused millions of dollars in damages.”
Investigators aren’t even sure how many suspects there are. This could be a growing fad. Officially, they note “they are not sure if there is more than one suspect for all three cases or multiple suspects.”
Anyone who recognizes the men in the circulating images or has any knowledge about the arson fires should call it in.
In addition to smashing up businesses, cars & the ATL Police Foundation, far-left extremists came with arson supplies to set an @Atlanta_Police vehicle on fire. The riot was organized as revenge for their gunman dying in a shootout at the autonomous zone. pic.twitter.com/NGcqZmKO9t
— Andy Ngô ?️? (@MrAndyNgo) January 22, 2023
“A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. Anyone with information is asked to call the Arson Control Hotline at 1-800-282-5804.”
Because there was so much inventory involved, the arson investigation is being helped along by the Georgia Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner. ATF even decided to send a few guys.
It wouldn’t be surprising if these crimes are linked to the tree hugging anarchists occupying the nearby site of a future law enforcement training center.
