A Maryland man has been arrested for setting fire to a Domino’s pizza using a container of feces in what appeared to be some sort of sick revenge after a string of carjackings.
George Cook, 59, was arrested early Saturday for setting fire to the back of the pizza chain in a strip mall in the 400 block of Baltimore Boulevard.
A Domino’s manager told a deputy fire chief that Cook became aggressive at the store earlier that week and kicked a trash can when he was denied free food, Fox News reported.
A passerby told investigators looking into the fire that Cook was seen at Superior Car Care on Manchester Avenue earlier breaking into some vehicles.
Investigators linked Cook to other fires in the area in which feces were placed in bags or boxes before being set alight. It is unclear whether it was Cook’s feces that caught fire.
George Cook, 59, was charged with second-degree arson, first- and second-degree arson and malicious destruction of property over $1,000, and faces charges of loitering and theft under $100 from the Westminster Police Department.
Cook started the fire in the back of the Domino’s pizza chain in the 400 block of Baltimore Boulevard with feces he placed in bags and boxes.
The Superior Care auto repair shop on Manchester Avenue in Westminster, Maryland, is where Cook was first spotted early Saturday morning breaking into a series of vehicles.
When firefighters from the Manchester Fire Department arrived on the scene, they were able to contain the blaze within minutes. No injuries were reported.
The fire department asked the State Fire Marshal’s Office to investigate.
Meanwhile, a soldier helps Investigators caught Cook in the act of breaking into the cars and detained him before taking him into custody.
The officer detained Cook, who officials learned had been arrested by Westminster police for provoking other attacks. small fires within the city in recent weeks.
Cook was charged with second-degree arson, first- and second-degree arson and malicious destruction of property valued at more than $1,000.
The back of the Domino’s where the fire occurred.
The serial arsonist also faces charges of vagrancy and theft under $100 from the Westminster Police Department.
He is currently being held without bond at the Carroll County Detention Center.
