MEDIA RELEASE: W.Va. State Fire Marshals arrest Huntington man for setting fire to a business

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office investigators have arrested Creio Chance Bishop, 21, of Huntington, on second-degree arson charges stemming from an early Wednesday morning fire at a Route 60 strip club in Huntington.

At approximately 3:31 a.m. on Dec. 13, 2017, Bishop allegedly set fire to the exterior of JB’s Gentlemen’s Club at 3330 US Route 60.  Bishop fled on foot and was detained by deputies with the Cabell County Sheriff’s Department in a Walmart parking lot.

No injuries occurred in the fire. Bishop was placed under arrest by Assistant State Fire Marshal T.S. Chastain and taken to the Western Regional Jail, bail was set at $10,000 bond surety or cash.

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