Charlottetown man charged in 2 arsons, including burning of Pride flag
CBC
A 23-year-old man has been charged with two counts of arson in connection to fires set last week in Charlottetown, including the burning of a Pride flag.
City police said in a release Wednesday that the man was arrested over the weekend after he was identified with the help of E-watch and local business surveillance footage from downtown Charlottetown.
The two incidents happened in the early morning of July 19.
In the first, a Pride flag attached to a home on Sydney Street was set on fire at 1 a.m., causing some damage to the building's siding before it was extinguished.
A few hours later, two witnesses saw someone place a flaming cup on top of an electrical box at a University Avenue home, and a man running away.
Members of the city's LGBTQ+ community reacted with shock to the incidents, which happened while Charlottetown's annual Pride Festival was taking place. A well-known member of the community lives in the house where the Pride flag was burned.
Police said the man charged was released Tuesday morning, and will appear in court at a later date.
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