Ray Abou-Arab Sets Fire To His Own Apartment Building

Ray Abou-Arab Sets Fire To His Own Apartment Building

from c/s Ohio: Owner of apartment building charged in arson deaths of 2 Toledo firefighters

Posted on February 3, 2014 by creeping

First Seattle, now Toledo? via Owner of apartment building charged in deaths of 2 Toledo firefighters – Toledo Blade.

The owner of a North Toledo apartment building where two firefighters died Sunday in a fire was charged today with murder and arson.

Abou-Arab

Ray Abou-Arab, 61, who owns 528 Magnolia St., was charged in Toledo Municipal Court today with two counts of aggravated murder and two counts of aggravated arson in relation to the fire at that apartment building. Toledo firefighters Stephen Machcinski, 42, and James Dickman, 31, died while fighting a fire at the building.

Mr. Abou-Arab was arrested today at 2:20 p.m. and at 3:18 p.m. was booked into the Lucas County jail. According to jail records, the suspect was arrested by Toledo police at the Safety Building.

Mr. Abou-Arab, of 1311 Sierra Dr., Oregon, is accused in court documents of setting the fire. The documents state Mr. Abou-Arab entered the building’s garage and stayed there for more than a minute. He then entered a store front at the same location. Immediately after he left the garage, an occupant of the apartment adjacent to the garage noticed the wall was on fire.