Crime & Safety

CVS Fire Set by Nine-year-old Boy

Surveillance video shows boy walking to display of wicker purses and setting fire to it, WFMZ reports.

A fire at the CVS Pharmacy in Emmaus earlier this week was intentionally set by a 9-year-old boy, according to WFMZ-TV.

Surveillance video showed the boy inside the store, walking by a display of wicker purses and setting fire to it, according to WFMZ reports. Sgt. Chuck Palmer, a spokesperson for the told WFMZ that the boy can't be criminally charged because of his age, but police contacted his mother who agreed to take him for a mental health evaluation.

The Lehigh County Communications Center received a call for a structure fire at 1:52 p.m. on Wednesday and the Emmaus and Vera Cruz fire departments were dispatched to the  at 7th and Chestnut streets in Emmaus.

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No injuries were reported.


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