New Bedford man charged with setting Hawthorne Country Club fire
A Bristol County grand jury has billed a man with setting fire to the Hawthorne Place Club in Dartmouth.
Shawn Medeiros, 31, was arrested by condition law enforcement on Thursday and arraigned in Bristol County Top-quality Court. He was billed with 1 depend of burning a developing in link with a fireplace that destroyed the extensive-vacant state club on Might 7 previous yr.
Investigators determined considerably less than two weeks after the blaze that the fire was deliberately established.
The clubhouse setting up at 970 Tucker Road in Dartmouth had been vacant considering the fact that 2016. The relatives of fishing mogul Carlos Rafael purchased the house in 2021 and prepared to sell it to Toll Brothers, a luxury dwelling builder, for $3 million. The true estate deal has not closed nevertheless.
A spokesperson for the Massachusetts Office of Fire Providers referred questions about the arrest to the Bristol County District Attorney. The prosecutor’s spokesman did not instantly respond to a ask for for remark on Thursday.
A real estate agent for the place club house also did not promptly answer to requests for comment Thursday.
Medeiros could not be arrived at for remark.
The hearth was documented all-around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, May well 7, 2023, and it was extinguished in about two several hours, soon after crews from all a few of Dartmouth’s fireplace districts responded, District 2 Chief Erick Turcotte stated at the time.
The creating was a “total loss” he additional.
The point out fireplace marshal’s business asked the community for information as it introduced its investigation in May, urging tipsters to phone Dartmouth Police or the State Police Hearth and Explosion Investigation Unit or the Arson View Reward Method, which delivers benefits of up to $5,000.
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