Belfast grocery owner charged with arson
The co-owner of Goose River Grocery in Belfast has been arrested and charged with arson and insurance deception, nine months after the store was destroyed in a fire.
The Bangor Daily News reported that Kyle Skinner, 35, was arrested as part of an ongoing investigation by Belfast police, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the National Insurance Crime Bureau and the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit. Skinner also was charged with theft by deception and more charges are expected.
Goose River Grocery caught on fire on July 15, 2014, and was declared a “total loss” the next morning. At the time, Skinner told the newspaper that he wanted to rebuild the store, which was insured, adding that it had been considered a “hub for locals.”
Skinner was at Waldo County Jail in Belfast as of Friday with bail set at $200,000. He could face up to 30 years in prison and up to a $50,000 fine for arson; up to 10 years in prison and fines as much as $20,000 for insurance deception; and up to five years in prison and fines as much as $10,000 for attempted theft by deception.
Source: Bangor Daily News
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