WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - Authorities have arrested a man in connection with an arson investigation in Stonefort, Illinois.
According to the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, detectives assisted the Illinois State Fire Marshal in investigating a suspicious fire at a house on Poplar Street on October 8. Surveillance video captured Jeffrey A. Glover arriving at the victim’s home on a bicycle around 2 p.m.
The sheriff’s office said Glover walked around the property for about 5 minutes, left, then returned 6 minutes later carrying a backpack.
At around 2:15 p.m., Glover reportedly disabled one of the cameras by cutting its power supply, and he was not seen again.
Authorities said the homeowner returned about half an hour later to find the house filled with smoke and part of it bur