Arson Arrests Made
On November 24, 2014 at
approximately 6:19 AM, Deputies from the Levy County Sheriff’s Office responded
to the business known as “Rivals Bar” in the Town of Inglis Inglis ,
Florida
Deputies soon learned from the
Fire Marshal Investigators that they had determined that the fire had been
deliberately set. Two firefighters from
the LCDPS were injured while fighting the fire.
Investigators discovered that an unknown quantity of alcoholic beverages
and the bar cash register had been stolen prior to the fire being set. The building was a total loss.
Investigative Sergeant Mike
Narayan, Investigators Mike Wilkinson and Zeb Richburg and other responding
deputies quickly located several witnesses.
Based on information provided by witnesses, the investigators interviewed
Jordan Michael Cooper (3/25/93). Cooper
gave information that implicated himself along with Travis Evan Crabb (4/29/82)
as the perpetrators who set the fire.
LCSO investigators were able to
obtain an arrest warrant for Crabb. The
warrant was executed in Alachua County during the morning hours of November 25, 2014
with the assistance of the U.S.
Shortly after Crabb’s arrest,
Cooper was arrested in Levy
County Levy
County Detention
Center
LCSO would like to thank the Fire Marshal’s Office and the USMS for their help with the investigation. We also wish a speedy recovery for the injured LCDPS Firefighters.
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