Don Tubia, left, of the Oneonta Fire Department, photographs one of three locations where fires were set on the SUNY campus last night; two near the track, one in the campus quad. With him are NYS Campus Police officer Maria Naughton, middle, and fellow firefighter Mike Mancini, right. A third location (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
ONEONTA — A 20-year-old was arrested and charged with arson after allegedly setting fire overnight to light poles and shrubbery on the SUNY Oneonta campus with a blow torch. He is not a student, University Police said.
Zachary A. Penzabene of Ravena, south of Albany, was arrested after University Police responded to a report and found several fires, one on the quad and others near the track, and contacted the Oneonta Fire Department to extinguish them.
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