"Footage shows the arsonist, who appeared to be dressed in a distinctive skirt and sneakers leaning into a trash can on the porch of the Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew on Clinton Ave. near Atlantic Ave. between 4:30 a.m. and 4:45 a.m., according to a criminal complaint. A fire suddenly emanated from the trash can, then Oviedo put a lid on the can to partially cover it before walking away, the feds allege."
"At about 5 a.m., two cameras from outside the Prospect Heights apartment building, on Pacific St. near Underhill Ave., about a fifth of a mile away from the church, showed someone in the same outfit, with a garbage bag in his hands, the feds allege. The suspect can be seen piling items in front of a porch there, the feds say. Moments later, the pile caught fire."
Bryan Oviedo, 32, is accused of igniting more than 20 small fires across Brooklyn and Manhattan during a three-hour span on Aug. 20, targeting churches, apartment buildings, parked cars and other locations. Surveillance video reportedly captured the suspect setting a trash-can fire at the Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew and attempting to torch a four-story Prospect Heights apartment while occupants slept. Cameras later showed the same outfit near another building and on subway cameras. An NYPD officer who knew Oviedo identified him, and ATF agents arrested him; he faces federal charges and an upcoming arraignment.
Read at New York Daily News
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