A man has been charged with arson in connection to a house fire that happened Saturday night on South 6th Street.
Police arrested Alex Probus, 31, at the scene. Probus confessed to setting the house on fire.
Arbus told police he started the blaze to get rid of memories and wanted to burn the whole house down.
The police report states that Arbus also left notes on the fence which read “run” and told witnesses he was going to go burn down another house.
On Saturday, a call came in at 9:46 p.m. of a house fire in the 2600 block of South 6th Street, Metrosafe said.