APALACHICOLA–Two Apalachicola men have been charged with arson and insurance fraud after an investigation into a car fire, according to Florida Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal Jeff Atwater.
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Jeffrey Tyrone Lockley and Byron Bernard Butler were arrested after an investigation by the Division of State Fire Marshal’s Bureau of Fire and Arson Investigations (BFAI), the Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO).
On Nov. 8, 2011, the BFAI and the FCSO responded to a vehicle fire on Pine Log Road in Apalachicola. The investigation revealed that the fire was intentionally set.
On Dec. 22, 2011, the FCSO received a tip that two men may have intentionally set the vehicle on fire so that the owner could collect insurance money for the damage.