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WarrenCo House Fire Blamed on G-burg Man

By on November 30, 2012

24-YEAR OLD DUSTIN LEWIS OF GALESBURG, ILLINOIS WILL FACE ARSON…AND POSSIBLY OTHER…CHARGES AFTER A MONDAY MORNING HOUSE-FIRE ON THE WARREN/KNOX COUNTY LINE. WARREN COUNTY, ABINGDON AND GALESBURG CREWS PUT OUT THE BLAZE AT AN UNINHABITED HOUSE ON 180TH STREET NEAR THE HIWAY-34 OVERPASS. THE BUILDING WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND INVESTIGATORS SAW SIGNS THAT VEHICLE AND FARM-MACHINERY PARTS HAD BEEN STORED ON THE PROPERTY AND WERE STOLEN AROUND THE TIME OF THE FIRE.

LEWIS WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY MORNING IN GALESBURG BY WARREN COUNTY DEPUTIES AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE COUNTY JAIL IN MONMOUTH ON 75-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND.