Suspicious man burns items under vacant porch, Huntington WV
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, police received a report of a man under a vacant house porch near Washington Avenue who was burning something in a pot. The caller reported that the fire was out, but believed the man might have started a fire at the same location a week earlier. The man was last seen walking west in an alley.
Audio|Heard on: Cabell County Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
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Transcript:
00:00
I've got a suspicious person near Washington Avenue.
00:04
Caller advised a male subject was laying under the back porch of a vacant house.
00:12
He was burning something in a pot.
00:15
The caller said it is out now and the subject was moving on, but the caller believes that he may be the one who set the house on fire a week ago.
00:24
He's last seen walking westbound in the alley.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Washington Ave, Huntington, WV 25704
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