Crime & Safety
Arrest Made In Lower Southampton Apartment Fire
The fire severely damaged the complex, displaced residents and caused Street Road to be shut down on Tuesday morning.
LOWER SOUTHAMPTON, PA — A Feasterville man has been arrested on charges that he started the the Tuesday morning fire that severely damaged a local apartment complex, displacing numerous residents.
Frank Milles III, 22, has been charged with arson and related charges, according to Lower Southampton Township Police.
According to police, Milles started the fire that erupted at Croftwood Apartments, at 400 Street Rd. in Feasterville. The fire, which started at about 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, shut down Street Road from Bustleton Pike to Philmont Avenue.
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Police said many residents were displaced by the blaze and that the building was severely damaged. Several fire and EMS agencies worked Tuesday to extinguish the fire and provide help to residents.
Milles was arraigned Tuesday and was being held at Bucks County Jail on $400,000 bail.
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