ELSMERE, DELAWARE (5/7/2015) A 32-year-old man has been arrested after a Molotov cocktail was used in an attempt to set a home on fire, authorities said this morning.
The firebombing happened about 4 p.m. Wednesday in the 100 block of Washington Ave., in the Oak Grove section of Elsmere.
The Molotov cocktail was thrown into the first floor of the building and caused damage to the interior of the home, said Robert L. Fox, chief deputy state fire marshal.
He said a female victim was inside the home but no injuries were reported.
Warrants were issued for Dewane Stevenson on charges of arson, reckless endangering and use of a Molotov cocktail. He turned himself in to New Castle County police this morning, Fox said.
Stevenson was being held at Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington in lieu of $36,000 secured bond.
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