Beryl man charged with aggravated arson for structure fire

  • Source: St George News
  • Published: 02/16/2017 04:49 PM

A Beryl resident was arrested for aggravated arson early Wednesday morning after he allegedly burned down a family member’s mobile home. Dell Ray Jones, 44, was arrested and booked into the Iron County Correctional Facility on a first-degree felony for aggravated arson. His bail is $20,000 cash only. The Iron County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call at around 2:30 a.m. on a structure fire located at 2831 N. Beryl Highway, according to the charging documents filed in the case. At the time, authorities were uncertain if anyone was inside the residence found to be a mobile home. “We thought at first that we were doing a recovery because we believed there was a body in that mobile home,” said Iron County Sheriff’s Detective Dave Mitchell. Police later contacted family members who owned the mobile home and property and learned that Jones had been staying in the residence but had recently been told to leave by family, Mitchell said.



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