LONGVIEW, Texas — Officials have arrested a Longview man in connection with two arson fires in the city in April.
Javonte Williams, 27, is being held in the Gregg County Jail on a criminal trespass charge from July 6 and two warrants for arson, according to online jail records. Bond on the criminal trespass charge is set at $1,000. Bond on the arson charges had not been set as of Wednesday afternoon.
Williams is a suspect in fires on April 12 and 19, the Longview Fire Marshal’s Office reported. Firefighters responded at about 11:56 p.m. on April 12 to a fire at Alpine Laundry in the 1400 block of Alpine Road. Fire inside the building was quickly extinguished.
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