HARDIN – The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department reports the man arrested for setting two early morning fires blames the incident on a “dispute” he had with his girlfriend.
According to police reports, Deputies with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a report of multiple fires just after 9 a.m. Saturday Morning.
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The first was reported as a vehicle that was stuck in a large creek bed fully engulfed in flames just south of 1st street in Hardin. Officers met with members of the Hardin-South Marshall Fire Department at the scene where it was reported that the vehicle had likely been set on fire intentionally.
While First Responders were on scene battling the vehicle blaze, another call came in of a structure fire at 163 Commerce Street. The residence was occupied by a Connie Ham, of Hardin, the same registered owner of the vehicle.
Upon investigation by Deputies, it was determined that Ham’s alleged boyfriend, Corey Glentz, had started both fires. Glentz was still at the scene of the house fire when deputies arrived.
Glentz told deputies he had been in a dispute with Ham over a “picture” and admitted to deputies that he had set fire to the vehicle in the creek and returned to the house to set the house on fire, as well.
Ham and two juveniles were in the house at the time the blaze started. Everyone was able to get out safely.
Corey Glentz, 22, of Wingo, is charged with:
Arson 1st Degree
Criminal Mischief 1st Degree
Anyone who has further information on this crime, or any crime in our community is urged to call the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office 270-527-3112 or 270-527-1333.