Feds nab man in arsons at market

LEAVITTSBURG – A former manager of Young’s Market tried to burn down the business three times so that he could collect insurance money to live with his girlfriend-turned-government informant, according to a federal document.

Earl Arden Adams Jr. was taken into custody Tuesday by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on a federal arson charge.

An ATF spokesman at the agency’s Youngstown office said Adams is in custody awaiting a detention hearing. He declined to say where Adams was arrested or where he is being held.

The affidavit filed by ATF Agent John Smerglia tells a tale of Adams cheating on his wife, repeatedly torching the business for insurance money, and telling his girlfriend about it.

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