THUNDER BAY – A suspect wanted in connection with an alleged arson at a Queen Street residence has been arrested in Niagara Falls, Ont.
Nineteen-year-old Steffin Sam Varghese, of Bangalore, India, was charged with seven counts of forcible confinement and arson.
Police say they were called to a residential fire that took place on July 8 in the 800 block of Queen Street and a further investigation by the Ontario Fire Marshall’s Office made the determination of arson. On July 19 police say they learned the suspect had fled to Niagara Falls, where he was arrested by local police and transported back to Thunder Bay.
Varghese is also a suspect in the investigation of a June 29 Hartland Street residential fire that left one resident critically injured as a result.
The suspect was remanded into custody after appearing in court last Wednesday, awaiting a future court date.
