DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A man recently fired from a Florida horse-training center reportedly told investigators that he returned and started fires there to “get back” at the business.
The Palm Beach Post <a target=”—blank” href=”https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/local/fired-employee-allegedly-set-fire-delray-horse-training-center/uHrktTyEPrwqUmsKvt2imO/”>reports</a> that no people or animals were hurt in the fires that 21-year-old Guillermo Rodriguez Torres allegedly set at Palm Beach Downs on Wednesday.
An arrest report says Rodriguez Torres was charged with second-degree arson after telling investigatrs he “wanted to get back at the people” he believed were responsible for his firing a few days before. It’s unclear if he has a lawyer.