ITHACA, N.Y. (WETM) — An Ithaca man has been arrested on an arson charge after police said he tried to start a fire inside an apartment building on Saturday morning.

Roy R. Roberts, 46, of Ithaca, was arrested on Saturday, Oct. 18, on the charge of arson in the second degree (class B felony), as stated in a release from the Ithaca Police Department (IPD).

On Saturday, around 1:27 a.m., IPD officers were sent to an apartment building in the 100 block of East Green Street for the report of criminal mischief occurring. When officers got to the scene, they discovered that Roberts had tried to start a fire in the stairwell of a residential apartment building, the release said.

Police said Roberts then went to pull the fire alarm, but was stopped before he could activate it. The incident was

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