Kendrick Lebaryon Wheat, 32, has been charged with first degree arson after being arrested by Mobile Police Department early this morning, Tuesday, May 28, 2024, in connection with a November fire at Maison de Ville apartments in Mobile, Alabama. Mobile Fire-Rescue Department investigators had put out an alert in December to be on the lookout for Wheat.
On November 30, 2023, Mobile Fire-Rescue battled a two-alarm blaze at the complex on Berwyn Drive West that did major damage to a two-story apartment building, displacing dozens of families.
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