Hunker Man Charged With Arson After Throwing Incendiary Device at Mount Pleasant Home
Police say a 22-year-old threw a lit incendiary device at a Washington Street home, leaving gasoline-soaked debris and minor fire damage.
Mount Pleasant police say Jeffrey May, 22, of Hunker, was linked by a witness and surveillance footage to an incident around 1 a.m. in which a lit object was thrown onto a Washington Street back porch. Officers found charring, the smell of gasoline and a plastic water bottle containing gasoline at the scene. May is charged with arson, attempted aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, and loitering and prowling at night; he is presumed innocent until proven guilty.