Sheriff’s office investigating another bridge arson
Updated: Jan. 11, 2021 at 10:40 PM CST
POINSETT COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - Sheriff’s investigators want to know who set fire to a county bridge, destroying it.
According to a Facebook post, the road department said a fire destroyed the bridge on Desmond Lake Road.
It is the same bridge that was damaged last August.
Poinsett County Sheriff Kevin Molder said the Lepanto Fire Department responded to the fire around 6 a.m. Monday. Despite their best efforts, the bridge was destroyed.
Molder said the fire was intentionally set, and detectives are investigating.
Anyone with information on the case can call the Poinsett County Sheriff’s Office at 870-578-4444.
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