TOLEDO, Ohio — A Toledo man has been indicted Monday on five counts of aggravated arson after setting fire to a mattress in his apartment while occupants were inside other units in the building.
John Coburn, 60, confessed to Toledo police that he intentionally set fire to a mattress in his west Toledo apartment on Jan. 3, according to police documents.
Coburn used a lighter and hand sanitizer to start the fire and told officers, "I thought the devil was after me."
The fire was extinguished by Toledo Fire & Rescue Department and caused damage to Coburn's apartment. The other three apartments in the building were occupied at the time of the fire.
