Lethbridge Police have charged a man in connection to a hotel fire on Monday, May 29, 2023.
Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services responded to the Sandman Signature Hotel at approximately 1:15 a.m., along the 300 block of Scenic Drive South.
Crews extinguished a fire found burning under a concrete loading dock and were able to keep the fire to the outside of the building.
No injuries were reported but the smoke from the fire set off the fire alarm in the hotel. Hotel guests were later able to return to their rooms.
The fire remains under investigation and there is no damage estimate at this time.
LPS investigated by looking over footage of the fire, and were able to arrest a man matching the description of the suspect.
Charles Lewis Panther Bone, 33, of Lethbridge, is facing multiple charges, including:
Arson disregard for human life, arson damage to property, obstructing a peace officer and two counts of assaulting a peace officer.
Panther Bone is currently in custody awaiting a Judicial Interim Release hearing.
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