Peabody Man Charged With Setting Fire To His Apartment: Patch PM

PEABODY, MA — Today is Wednesday, Dec. 10. Here is what Patch is covering on the North Shore and across Massachusetts.

A Peabody man was charged with setting fire to his apartment in a 20-unit building on Main Street after he was recently told he had been evicted.

Teandro Moore, 33, is charged with setting the fire and insurance fraud after police said he purchased a policy upon notification of the eviction.

He is accused of setting the fire in a plastic wastebasket in the bathroom and disabling the fire alarm in his apartment.

Read the full story here.

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