Police: Man set vacant Bartlett home on fire to 'release demons'

Authorities investigating a series of fires in the town of Bartlett have charged a man with setting one of them.

Carlos Crathers, 34, of Bartlett was charged with arson, a second-degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. He said he set fire to the vacant home of a relative to get rid of "demons," according to an arrest affidavit released this week. He was arrested on July 25.

The fire that he is accused of setting is the fourth fire in a vacant building in the past few months in Bartlett, according to the Williamson County fire marshal's office. Bartlett straddles Bell and Williamson counties and has an estimated population of 1,600.

The other three fires are still under investigation, the fire marshal's office said in an email.

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