Published: 5/25/2022


AN ARSONIST FROM MAURY COUNTY HAS NOW BEEN APPREHENDED. IN AN UNEXPECTED TWIST, MEDIA SOURCES INDICATE 64-YEAR-OLD MARSHALL COTHRON NOT ONLY CONFESSED TO THE CRIMES, BUT EXPLAINED HE SET BOTH FIRES BECAUSE “SPIRITS” TOLD HIM TO DO IT. FIRE MARSHALLS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT THAT A HOUSE FIRE WAS SET AT 1:09 AM AT A VACANT RESIDENCE ON POLK LANE - AND WHILE THAT INVESTIGATION WAS ONGOING REPORTS OF ANOTHER FIRE CAME IN AT 1:50 AM ON WOODMONT DRIVE. BOTH HOME WERE OWNED BY THE SAME PERSON AND NO ONE WAS HOME OR INJURED BY THE BLAZE. COTHRON IS REPORTED TO KNOW (AND LIKE) THE HOME OWNER. TRUE MOTIVE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME AND THE INCIDENTS REMAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION. COTHRON IS BEING HELD IN JAIL UNDER A $260,000 BOND AND IS FACING CHARGES FOR ARSON, AGGRAVATED ARSON, VANDALISM, CRIMINAL TRESPASSING, AND AGGRAVATED BURGLARY.