Tacoma police arrest man suspected of setting family’s bathroom on fire after breaking in

Tacoma police arrested a man early Thursday after he reportedly broke into a family’s home overnight, locked himself in a bathroom and started a fire.

Officers went to a home around 10:10 p.m. Wednesday in the 1300 block of East 58th Street for a report of a man who broke into a residence through the back door, according to tweets posted to Tacoma Police Department’s Twitter account.

Police soon learned the man had locked himself in a bathroom and started a fire. According to the tweet, officers were able to talk the 30-year-old suspect out of the bathroom.

The man was booked into jail for investigation of burglary and arson.

More details about the incident were not immediately available.

This story was originally published August 19, 2021 at 7:29 AM.

Peter Talbot

The News Tribune

Peter Talbot is a criminal justice reporter for The News Tribune. He started with the newspaper in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at NPR in Washington, D.C. He also interned for the Oregonian and the Tampa Bay Times. Support my work with a digital subscription