Deputy State Fire Marshals have charged a Denton juvenile in connection with a historic schoolhouse fire that occurred on April 16.
The 17-year-old male teen from Denton was charged Thursday morning with second-degree arson, second-degree burglary, malicious burning first degree, and malicious destruction of property.On April 16 at around 10:11 p.m., the Denton Volunteer Fire Department responded to the 400 block of Lincoln Street after a passerby saw a fire at a historic school house owned by the Prince Hall Grand Lodge Masons.
The structure had a total of $105,000 in damage and was extinguished by 40 firefighters in less than an hour.
There were no injuries in the incident.