Alleged arsonist botches the job
JOHNSBURG – An Elmhurst resident set fire to a house, but the wrong house, in retaliation during an argument, according to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office.
Joseph Ziegler, 22, is charged with felony counts of arson, residential arson and aggravated arson in a blaze Thursday that destroyed two vehicles and left a Pistakee Highlands house uninhabitable.
Firefighters from the McHenry Township Fire Protection District were called to the 5100 block of Westwood Drive about 4:45 a.m.
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