After arguing man torches neighbor's cars and home

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Man Torches Neighbor's Cars And Home

Shaun Chaiyabhat

 

9:15 PM CDT, April 9, 2010

 

Man Torches Neighbor's Cars And Home

FAST FACTS:
  • Tevin Streeter, 29, charged with two counts of aggravated arson
  • Streeter and victim had on-going argument
  • Neighbors accuse Streeter of setting two fires

(Memphis 4/9/10) A not-so-neighborly feud ended with one family's house torched while they slept inside.

There wasn't just one fire, but two. Now, one man is behind bars facing two counts of aggravated arson. The hot tempers flared up near Sherwood Elementary in the 37-hundred block of Briar Rose Drive.

Police arrested 29 year-old Tevin Streeter. He's an ex-con whose mother lives right next door to the torched house. Neighbors say Streeter and the family who lived at the charred house had been arguing for months. Police finally got involved on March 9th when firefighters hosed down two burning cars and the corner of the house. It was obvious to investigators that someone had set the cars on fire. The police Affidavit of Complaint says, "This was the second time [the victim's] car was set on fire within ten days."

Many neighbors were aware of the on-going arguments, but others can't believe Streeter would torch the home knowing children were sleeping inside.

"They were feuding, but I don't think that [Tevin] had anything to do with it," says one neighbor who questions what evidence police have on the crime.

Police say the victim saw Streeter running from the scene just before four in the morning. Not everyone can believe that story, but most agree peace is finally returning to their block. The family moved out just days after the last incident and Streeter remains in jail.
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