ALBEMARLE, N.C. — Police have arrested and charged a man accused of setting a fire at a Walmart in Stanly County Friday night.
It happened around 10:30 p.m. at the Walmart on Leonard Avenue.
Officials said officers with the Albemarle Police Department were called to help firefighters with a structure fire at the Walmart.
During the investigation into the cause of the fire, officers found a “suspicious” man on video leaving the area where the fire started.
Authorities were able to find the suspect hiding behind a dumpster at a nearby Dollar Tree.
Officers arrested and charged 33-year-old Alexander Lentz with first-degree arson, burning of personal property, intoxicated and disruptive, assault on a government official and resisting a public officer.
He was given a $150,000 secured bond and is expected to make his first court appearance on Dec. 28.
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