{"id":6284,"date":"2024-07-11T12:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/11\/lexington-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-arson-case\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T12:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:03:00","slug":"lexington-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-arson-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/11\/lexington-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-arson-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Lexington Man Charged with Attempted Murder in Arson Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lexington, SC &#8211;<\/strong> Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of attempting to kill two children and a woman by setting fire to a home.<\/p>\n<p>Tracy Chad Russell Jr., 31, faces three counts of attempted murder and one count of second-degree arson, according to arrest warrants.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Lexington County Fire Service responded to a structure fire in the 100 block of Addie Lucas Road during the afternoon of June 28,&#8221; said Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon. &#8220;They notified us that the fire appeared suspicious, so with the assistance of the LCFS Fire Marshals Division, we initiated an investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Investigators later determined that Russell was aware that three people were inside the house when he intentionally set it on fire using torch fuel canisters, Koon explained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We interviewed witnesses and those involved to confirm a timeline that is consistent with when smoke was first seen and the evidence recovered from the scene,&#8221; Koon said. &#8220;Russell left the home after starting the fire and did not return.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Deputies arrested Russell on Wednesday in Orangeburg County. He is currently being held at the Lexington County Detention Center awaiting a bond hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lexington, SC &#8211; Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of attempting to kill two children and a woman by setting fire to a home. Tracy Chad Russell Jr., 31, faces three counts of attempted murder and one count of second-degree arson, according to arrest warrants. &#8220;The Lexington County<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/11\/lexington-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-arson-case\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44],"tags":[80,483],"class_list":["entry","author-john-griggs","post-6284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-public-safety","tag-crime","tag-police-report"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpstrianglenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TracyChadRussell_2024_630x350.jpg?fit=630%2C350","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}