>WATERLOO - A Waterloo man wanted in connnection with a January arson was arrested Saturday morning after allegedly running a red light downtown.
Isaac Peter Jackson, 23, of 621 Ricker St., was arrested on a warrant naming a charge of first-degree arson in connection with a Jan. 28 fire at 828 Randolph St.
No one was injured when three men lobbed alcohol bottles filled with flammable liquid from at the apartment building Jan. 28, according to police. A neighbor was able to extinguish the flames with a garden hose. A stolen car witnesses say the men used in the attack was later found abandoned a few blocks away from the scene.
Jackson was stopped at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday at West Fourth and Jefferson streets. He also faces simple misdemeanor charges of harassment of a public official, driving while suspended and failure to appear in court on a traffic charge.
He is being held at the Black Hawk County jail on $100,800 bond.
Posted in Breaking_news on Saturday, October 18, 2008 12:00 am
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