Douglas County deputies have arrested a homeless man accused of setting a fire in Stateline early Tuesday morning.
Deputies say 41-year-old Matthew Schroeder was arrested less than four hours after allegedly starting the fire.
The South Lake Tahoe man now faces the following charges: trespassing, illegal camping, illegal fire, arson 3rd degree and violation of court conditions.
It is illegal to camp in Lake Tahoe in non-designated camping locations.
There is no immediate word on what happened to the dog Schroeder was photographed with.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Douglas County deputies need your help finding a homeless man who may have started a fire in Stateline early Tuesday morning.
Fire crews initially responded to the area of Park Estate near Highway 50 and Kingsbury Grade just before 6 a.m.
When deputies, along with crews from the Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District arrived on scene, they found a man camping nearby and when they contacted him, he then fled the area - with a dog.
The man is described as white, approximately 6’0” tall, with slender build with a shaved head.
He was last seen wearing a purple multi-colored button-up shirt and had a black-and-white Border Collie-type dog with him.
If you have any information, call the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division at 775-782-9905.
