A 22-year-old Morris man is charged with arson in connection with a fire at a vacant building on Bantam Lake in October, officials said.
Daniel Hunchak, of Little Road, was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree arson and third-degree burglary, according to State Police and court records.
State police and a series of fire departments responded to 231 Bantam Lake Road, known as the Bantam Lodge, on the evening of Oct. 28 for a structure fire at an abandonded residence, according to an affidavit.
Firefighters from Litchfield, Bantam, Morris and Bethlehem extinguished the blaze, but “(t)he house and the garage sustained heavy structural damage and the house was uninhabitable due to the fire that occured,” said Trooper Erinne-Rose M. Litwinczyk in the affidavit.