MANTENO, Ill. — Charges have been filed against a Kankakee County man who authorities say allegedly attempted to set fire to a mobile home where the mother of his unborn child and her two-year-old son lived.

Hunter Lauridsen, a 23-year-old Manteno resident, has been charged with attempted residential arson and endangering the life or health of a child, officials from the Kankakee County Sheriff's Department announced Tuesday.

According to deputies, Lauridsen's arrest came after an incident that allegedly unfolded at a rural Manteno mobile home park early Tuesday morning.

Deputies say they were first called to the scene just after 12:30 a.m. following a report of an arson in progress.

After arriving on the scene, deputies spoke with a witness who told them that they had spotted a suspic

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