ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Asheville police arrested a man early Thursday on arson charges after a fire was reported at a vacant motel on Tunnel Road.
Officers on proactive foot patrol at the Mountaineer Inn, 155 Tunnel Road, saw a fire around 12:38 a.m. and found a man inside a vacant room, police said. Officers extinguished the fire and took the man into custody without incident.
Christopher Marcus Sadler, 28, was charged with first-degree arson and breaking and entering following an investigation, police said.
Sadler was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility and is being held without bond, according to police.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Asheville Police Department at 828-252-1110. Anonymous tips can also be submitted through the TIP2APD smartphone app or by texting TIP2APD to 847411.