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Man who allegedly set couch on fire inside Baton Rouge home arrested for arson
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BATON ROUGE - A man who allegedly set a couch on fire inside of a Baton Rouge home was taken into custody early Sunday morning.
The Baton Rouge Fire Department was dispatched to a house fire along Webster Drive around 2 a.m. Firefighters said they found smoke coming from the living room and crews were able to quickly get the flames under control.
A witness told investigators that she came in her living room to see the couch on fire and 45-year-old Ronald Wicks standing nearby.
Wicks was detained by police and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for aggravated arson.
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