Two Teens Arrested For Duluth Business Fire

DULUTH, GA -- Two Duluth teenagers are under arrest for arson after police say they intentionally set a fire that did heavy damage to an office building.

Fire investigators and Duluth Police say they were able to identify the teens through a tip they received after releasing a video of the fire to local media.

Stanley Leon Roberson, 18, and a 13-year-old who lives at the same Duluth address were arrested at their home Thursday afternoon. They are charged with first-degree arson and criminal trespass.

While the two live together, they are not believed to be related, authorities say. They are not identifying the 13-year-old because he is a juvenile.

The fire was started on a back deck behind Allied International Cleaning Services, Inc. at 3635 Peachtree Industrial Blvd.

The video shows two young-looking individuals setting fire to an umbrella and picnic table on the back deck of the business.

It shows the fire smolder for an unspecified amount of time, before erupting and consuming an overhang and spreading to the roof of the building.

Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and fire showing from the office building and flames spreading to nearby brush and woods. The fire caused heavy damage to the building and its contents and scorched the surrounding woods.

The business was closed at the time of the fire and there were no injuries reported.

Roberson was booked at the Gwinnett County Detention Center after being transported there by Duluth Police. The juvenile was transported to a Youth Detention Facility by a Gwinnett County Sheriff’s deputy, following the arrests.