Truck Torched with Fireworks During Repossession

Borrower charged with felony arson

St. George, UT – March 7, 2023 – “The path to hell is paved with good intentions”, it’s said. And it is obvious that the repossession agent had good intentions when he let the nineteen-year-old borrower get his personal property out of his repossessed truck. Perhaps if he had known that there were fireworks in the truck, he wouldn’t have been so generous.

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Back on Thursday night on March 2^nd, police and fire department personnel responded to a 911 call about a vehicle fire at an apartment complex. On arrival, they found a burning Toyota Tacoma hooked up to a tow truck. The cab of the Toyota was engulfed in smoke and had three windows broken out.

The unnamed repo agent who had called 911 had reported to dispatch that he had allowed 19-year-old Christopher Jake Macintosh remove his personal property from the vehicle. During his removal of property, fireworks inside the truck cab detonated.

Fire officials inspection of the cab of the truck found that the burn marks along the interior that were covered with a residue consistent with a firework being detonated inside the vehicle. The cab of the truck was destroyed.

Police allege that Macintosh detonated the fireworks and fled the scene.

When officers located and interviewed Macintosh at his residence, he allegedly admitted to having fireworks in the truck, but refused to admit to lighting them.

Police arrested Macintosh and transported him to Purgatory Correctional Facility where he was booked into jail facing third-degree felony arson. His bail was set at $5,000.

Source: St. George News