Social media influencer arrested in St. Mary’s Co. on arson charges

A social media influencer known for filming fire departments in Maryland has been arrested on new, similar charges after being detained last week for intentionally setting fire to a vacant building.

In a release on Thursday, the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal said 21-year-old social media hobbyist Joshua Christian-Stanley Jackson, of Prince Frederick, Maryland, was arrested on arson charges and making a false 911 call in St. Mary’s County for a fire in February.

Last week, Jackson was arrested for setting a vacant commercial building in Newburg on fire on Feb. 22. Jackson was then charged with second-degree arson, malicious burning and causing a false fire alarm.

He was being held at a Charles County jail without bond, but was released on Monday, March 3, to home detention.

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