PITTSBURGH —
A 33-year-old is facing charges after allegedly lighting a booth on fire inside the Giant Eagle Market District at the Waterworks on Freeport Road in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood.
According to court documents, Russell Weleski, is facing several charges including arson. Advertisement
The incident happened Wednesday night. A store manager identified Weleski in surveillance video.
A criminal complaint said Weleski set fire to the booth at the store’s café a little after 9:30 p.m.
He was arrested at a nearby McDonald’s the next morning.
His bail was denied and he is at the Allegheny County Jail.