Man faces charges after fire guts Salisbury business

  • Source: WSOC-TV ABC 9 Charlotte
  • Published: 02/17/2020 10:46 AM

A Salisbury business owner is accused of breaking into another business and setting it on fire early Sunday morning. Police charged 60-year-old Thomas Cohen with felony burning other buildings and breaking and entering. The fire started at Salisbury Millwork on Corporate Circle around 3 a.m. Firefighters worked for two hours to put the fire out and prevented it from spreading to another nearby company, but the blaze gutted the business. Once investigators realized the fire was not accidental, police eventually arrested Cohen, the owner of a nearby heating and air company. Channel 9's Tina Terry stopped by his office Monday and he was not there, but arrest warrants say he broke into the Salisbury Millwork and stole a $1,000 computer that belonged to the company’s owner before reportedly setting the place on fire. It is unclear exactly what was on the computer, and police are still investigating a motive for the fire.



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