Police arrested and charged a 43-year-old man suspected of setting fire to a vehicle in Bodden Town after he collided with a fire truck as he was leaving the scene.
The RCIPS said police and other emergency services were dispatched just after 2pm on Wednesday, 3 May, to a report of a vehicle fire.
“It was reported that the fire was believed to have been deliberately set and officers from the Cayman Islands Fire Service attended the location and extinguished the fire. The fire officers also conducted investigations which confirmed that incident to be an arson,” police said in a statement issued on Tuesday, 9 May.
They said the man attempted to flee the scene in a vehicle but collided with the fire truck.
He was arrested on suspicion of arson and other offences in relation to this incident, including several traffic offences, and later charged with arson and causing harassment, alarm or distress.
He appeared in court on Friday, 5 May, and was remanded until Tuesday, 16 May.
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