Manager Charged with Setting Fire at Auto Body Shop

Manager Charged with Setting Fire at Auto Body Shop

49-year-old Michael Hart of Duty's Auto Body was arrested on Oct. 20th and charged with arson and other offenses.

WMDT 47 ABC has reported that a body shop manager in Queen Anne’s County in Maryland has been charged with setting a fire that destroyed one car and damaged another.

The news station reported that the Office of the State Fire Marshal said 49-year-old Michael Hart of Grasonville was arrested on Oct. 20th. He is charged with arson and other offenses.

The fire happened on July 16th at Duty’s Auto Body in Stevensville, and authorities say the blaze caused $8,000 in damage when it destroyed a vehicle at the collision facility.

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