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Dustin Roeting

(Derry Township police)

A Derry Township man has been charged with setting fire to his girlfriend's home more than an hour after leaving the home in an effort to resolve a domestic dispute, township police said.

Dustin Roeting, 34, agreed to leave the home along the 1800 block of East Granada Avenue at about 4:48 p.m. on Friday, police said.

At 6:18 p.m., emergency crews responded to the home for a fire in the master bedroom, police said.

Investigators said witnesses provided information that lead them to believe Roeting set the fire and then ran into a nearby field, but he was not found.

At 11:16 p.m., while crews were inspecting the damage at the home, Roeting returned to the scene and "began taunting the female from a distance," according to police.

Officers returned to the area and found Roeting hiding in the shrubs at a neighboring home, police said.

Roeting is being held in the Dauphin County Prison on a probation detainer.

He has been charged with arson, reckless burning, recklessly endangering another person, criminal mischief, stalking, resisting arrest and loitering.