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    1. Community Risk

    Man Lights Fire in California Police Station

    Sept. 18, 2011
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A robbery suspect is in custody after police said he tried to start a fire in a police station. Sacramento police said the man tried to rob a Chevron gas station clerk on Saturday. Detectives said that after robbing the gas station, 30-year-old Robert Fails ran into the central command station near North Third Street and Richards Boulevard. Officers said that after Fails entered the building, they smelled smoke and found a small fire in the lobby.

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. --

    A robbery suspect is in custody after police said he tried to start a fire in a police station.

    Sacramento police said the man tried to rob a Chevron gas station clerk on Saturday.

    Detectives said that after robbing the gas station, 30-year-old Robert Fails ran into the central command station near North Third Street and Richards Boulevard.

    Officers said that after Fails entered the building, they smelled smoke and found a small fire in the lobby.

    Fails was arrested after a search of the building.

    He's charged with arson, robbery and burglary.

    Copyright 2011 by KCRA.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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