{"id":11462,"date":"2026-07-13T19:56:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/north-praga-police-arrest-64-year-old-arsonist-following-rubbish-bin-fire\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T19:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:56:30","slug":"north-praga-police-arrest-64-year-old-arsonist-following-rubbish-bin-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/north-praga-police-arrest-64-year-old-arsonist-following-rubbish-bin-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"North Praga Police Arrest 64-Year-Old Arsonist Following Rubbish Bin Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Criminal investigators in North Praga have arrested a 64-year-old local resident suspected of setting fire to a bin enclosure on July 4, which resulted in significant damage to two nearby vehicles.  <\/p>\n<h4>The Incident and Damages<\/h4>\n<p>On July 4, shortly before 9:00 AM, a fire broke out at a bin enclosure located at the intersection of Siedlecka and Wo\u0142omi\u0144ska streets in North Praga. The blaze completely destroyed plastic waste containers and damaged two parked cars: a Toyota and a Mercedes. Firefighters were unable to determine the cause of the fire on-site.<\/p>\n<p>The damage included melted rear lights, damaged paintwork on the wheel arches, and a broken license plate frame on the Mercedes. An administrative representative estimated the total financial loss at 30,000 PLN.<\/p>\n<h4>Investigation and Arrest<\/h4>\n<p>Patrol officers identified a witness who provided crucial information, while police later conducted an inspection with a fire safety expert. Investigators analyzed surveillance footage and utilized their knowledge of the local area to identify the 64-year-old suspect, who had a prior criminal record.<\/p>\n<p>The man was arrested at his home several days later and interrogated on Friday. He now faces a charge of destruction of property through arson, which carries a potential sentence of up to five years in prison.<\/p>\n<h4>Legal Oversight<\/h4>\n<p>The case is currently under the supervision of the Warsaw-Praga North District Prosecutor&#8217;s Office. Police have completed the procedural requirements and formally presented the charges to the suspect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Criminal investigators in North Praga have arrested a 64-year-old local resident suspected of setting fire to a bin enclosure on July 4, which resulted in significant damage to two nearby vehicles. The Incident and Damages On July 4, shortly before 9:00 AM, a fire broke out at a bin enclosure located at the intersection of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-and-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}