July 24, 2008
Teen charged in hospital fire
A 16-year-old Port Deposit teen has been charged with malicious burning after the boy set fire to a toilet paper dispenser in the emergency room bathroom at Harford Memorial Hospital yesterday morning, the state fire marshal's office said.
The youth had been taken to the hospital the night before after his parents called police during a disturbance at the home, said Deputy State Fire Marshal Joseph G. Zurolo Jr. An ambulance took the teen to the hospital for an emergency evaluation.
When the teen was told he was being sent to the Rockford Center, a facility in Delaware for people with mental health problems, he asked to go to the bathroom, where he set the fire about 10:30 a.m., Zurolo said.
Once he is released from Rockford, the teen will probably be turned over to Juvenile Services and could be charged with second-degree arson, Zurolo said.
Ellie Baublitz
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