A Marlboro County man was arrested in connection with two arsons in the county.
Harold Randall Key, 43, of Bennettsville, was arrested by the Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office in connection with two arsons that happened early Thursday morning, according to a press release from the MCSO.
Key is charged “with burning an abandoned house down” around 1:30 a.m., states the release. “While emergency personnel were on scene battling the fire, Key set fire to another building approximately a half mile from the first fire. Key was located nearby while emergency personnel were battling both fires and confessed to setting the fires.”
Key was arrested on Thursday for one count of second degree arson and one count of third degree arson, the release also says. Key is being held at the Marlboro County Detention Center in Bennettsville. He had a bond hearing on Thursday.
