Police arrest man suspected of setting Phoenix LGBTQ center on fire

PHOENIX — Police have arrested a man suspected of setting a Phoenix center for LGBTQ youth ablaze.

In a Friday email, the Phoenix Police Department said it had arrested 26-year-old Darren William Beech Jr.

Beech was accused of using a can of gasoline to set a fire inside the One N Ten Youth Center near Third Street and Osborn Road on July 12.

Police said Beech was arrested at his apartment.

He faces one charge of arson of an occupied structure.

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