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| Christopher Cordeiro (aka Lucifer Cordeiro), 20, a Bethpage firefighter on Long Island is accused for five arsons over the last year |
BETHPAGE, Long Island (WABC) --
A firefighter on Long Island is accused of setting fires instead of putting them out.
Police say Christopher Cordeiro is responsible for five arsons over the last year, including fires at a shed and abandoned home.
Cordeiro was arrested at the Bethpage fire house where he worked.
He is set to be arraigned on arson and weapons charges on Monday.
His name should have been Lucifer and not Christopher. I am just saying.
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Firefighter Arrested for Starting Five Blazes on Long Island: Police
Christopher Cordeiro, of Bethpage, used a Molotov cocktail to set the first fire last June, police said
August 19, 2018
NBC.com
A firefighter was arrested for starting five fires on Long Island, including one sparked by a Molotov cocktail, authorities said.
Bethpage Fire Department member Christopher Cordeiro, 20, of Bethpage, used a Molotov cocktail to set the first fire in a pit across from 25 Arthur Ave. in Bethpage last June, Nassau County police said.
On March 1 of this year, Cordeiro set another fire, in a dumpster at 67 West Millpage Drive, police said.
On Aug. 5, Cordeiro started a fire inside an abandoned house at 285 Stewart Ave., and on Aug. 10, he started a blaze in a wooded area next to 96 Broadway, according to police.
And on Sunday, he set a fire inside a shed at 121 North Hermann Ave., police said. He was arrested at the Bethpage Fire House on Union Avenue on Sunday.
Cordeiro faces charges including third-degree arson, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, fourth-degree arson and fifth-degree arson, and is expected to appear in court on Monday.