Clarkstown cops: 3 arrested for arson string

Three Congers men have been arrested on suspicion of setting a string of fires over the past seven months.

Jesse Wickes, 33, and Seth Levy, 30, were taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with third-degree arson, a felony, and two misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree criminal mischief, Clarkstown police said Sunday.

Wickes faces two arson counts.

Police said a third suspect, Kenneth Tagle, 39, was arrested Friday and charged with the same two counts.

Police did not release a motive for the alleged arson, but investigators believe the trio set fires in garbage bins, garbage cans and two vehicles beginning in August. No one was injured in the fires.

All three were arraigned in Clarkstown and sent to the Rockland County jail on $5,000 bail. Wickes and Levy are set to appear in Town Court on Monday, while Tagle is due back Wednesday.

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