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4:03 pm
Thu November 27, 2003
Firefighter Arrested For Arson
Fort Collins, Co – Police have arrested a 19-year-old volunteer firefighter for setting fire to a church on U-S Highway 287 in northern Colorado this month.
The Larimer County sheriff's office says Austin Gene Mayo was arrested and charged with first-degree arson. Other charges could be pending.
He's being held at the Larimer County Detention Center on a half (m) million dollar bond.
Mayo is a volunteer firefighter for the Livermore Fire Department. He was also on the Larimer County Sheriff's Office Emergency Services Wildland Firefighter roster.
Police believe he ignited the 123-year-old Virginia Dale Presbyterian Church that stood as a landmark in northern Colorado.
Officials say the church's doors were never locked so travelers and visitors could enter and pray.