DECATUR COUNTY, Tenn. – A joint investigation by special agent fire investigators with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office has resulted in the arrest of a Decaturville man in connection with three structure fires.
The TBI said in a news release that 64-year-old Kris Leslie Warner was charged with four counts of burglary and three counts of arson. He was arrested and booked into the Decatur County Jail on a $500,000 bond.
The news release also said TBI agents joined the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office and Decatur County Fire Department early Sunday morning in investigating two business fires that occurred in the 200 block of North Pleasant Street and a third fire at a house along East White Oak Street.
Agents and investigators determined the fires had been intentionally set. Further investigation revealed that Warner was the individual responsible for starting the fires.