A pair of 17-year-old boys have been arrested as authorities investigate the fire that ripped through the vacant Elyria building known as "Uncle Vic's" on Kerstetter Way overnight.
The Elyria Police Department announced their arrests Thursday morning. One of the boys faces aggravated arson, breaking and entering and failure to report a crime. The other boy, police say, faces breaking and entering. Both were taken to the Lorain County Detention Home pending a hearing with juvenile court. Their arrests were announced after firefighters in downtown Elyria spent hours Wednesday night into Thursday morning battling the blaze at the building that once housed several night clubs.
"It's horrible," one resident told 3News at the scene. "Horrible. There's a lot of memories up in there. Every Friday and Saturday night there used to be a line of people waiting to get in."