A 55-year-old man in South Carolina is accused of trying to kill his three roommates, allegedly attempting to burn them alive because they refused to renew the lease on their shared residence. Jake Licoski was taken into custody over the weekend and charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count each of first-degree arson, failure to stop for a blue light, and transporting in a vehicle with a broken seal, records show.

Police and firefighters responded at midnight on Sunday, Aug. 31, to a reported structure fire at an apartment complex on West Flintlike Court in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, NBC affiliate WMBF reported .

When police arrived at the scene, firefighters reportedly informed them that it appeared as though it was "an intentionally set fire" that began while three

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