Crime & Safety

Police Seeking Attempted Arsonist: Report

Forest Hills police on the lookout for man who threw "Molotov cocktail" at local home.

Police in the 112 Precinct are looking for a suspect wanted in connection with an attempted arson in Forest Hills, NY1 reports.

The suspect allegedly threw a lit container of lighter fluid at a home in Forest Hills at around 1 a.m. on Jan. 18, the report said.

The container went out without igniting a fire in the area, and no one was hurt.

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The suspect's image was captured in grainy surveillance footage from a camera nearby, but so far the police have been unable to pin down anyone for the crime.

For more information, check out the story at NY1 here.

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