A man remains in jail on $10,000 bail on allegations he set fire to tables and chairs outside a downtown Kennewick nightclub.
Scott G. Erdman, 54, has pleaded innocent in Benton County Superior Court to second-degree arson. His trial is set for Oct. 24.
Erdman also has a pending residential burglary case for allegedly removing the door from the trailer of a Kennewick neighbor and discharging a fire extinguisher inside. That case has a Sept. 26 trial date.
Erdman has been in the Benton County jail since Sept. 1, the same day prosecutors say he was seen leaving the scene of the suspicious fire.
Police and firefighters responded to 109 W. Kennewick Ave. shortly after 5:30 a.m. and found burned debris and a partially burned cargo container inside a fenced-off area outside the club, court documents said.
Security video footage showed a man set the fire inside the fenced area, before he ran off while pulling a rolling suitcase.
The manager of an adjacent property reported coming into contact with a man pulling a bag earlier that morning before the fire, documents said. The man with the luggage was identified as Erdman.