MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — A 62-year-old man was charged Monday for attempted arson at a Mount Vernon gas station on New Year’s Day.
The Skagit Valley Herald reports James Paul Doggett allegedly used a lighter and a lit cigarette in an attempt to set two gas pumps on fire at a gas station on West Division Street.
Court documents say police were called to the gas station for reports that a man had stolen lighter fluid from outside the store and was removing the pump nozzles in an effort to light them.
The documents also state surveillance video caught Doggett trying to set fire to the pumps and a nearby sign.
His attempts were unsuccessful and there was no damage.