North Carolina man captured, charged with arson following Triad house fire, Burlington officers say
An arson suspect has been found following a house fire, according to officers with the Burlington Police Department.
On Tuesday, just before 4 p.m., Burlington officers were called to a house fire in the 500 block of Maple Avenue, along with the Burlington Fire Department. Firefighters quickly extinguished the flames and no one was injured as a result of the fire.
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Detectives, after discovering the “suspicious nature” of the fire, began investigating. Detectives identified 38-year-old Lennard Johnson, who lived in the home that had caught on fire, as the suspect.
Josh Schultz, the lead detective on the case, says police were quickly able to discover how the fire was started.
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“Through our investigation, we determined that the resident set the curtains on fire near the front door," he said.
Johnson ran from the home.
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On Wednesday night, he was captured by Burlington police and charged with four counts of first-degree arson, which is a charge for each person who was in the house when the fire broke out.
Johnson was transported to the Alamance County Detention Center and his bond was set at $200,000.
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