MARION COUNTY, W.Va – Deputies in Marion County have arrested a man accused of stealing a safe from a home then setting it on fire.
Investigators believe Ulrick Burdette, 24, entered the home on Pricketts Fort Road early Sunday evening to take the safe. Police say Burdette took the safe and fled the scene.
Fire crews arrived thereafter and battled the house fire for around three hours, according to sister-station WAJR.
The home is believed to be a total loss.
Burdette is charged with first-degree arson and burglary. He is in North Central Regional Jail.