Arson Suspect Arrested After Fire In Ramada Hotel Room: Police

TOWN OF NEWBURGH, NY — An Orange County man has been arrested for arson in connection to a terrifying hotel fire.

The Town of Newburgh Police Department says that on July 24, around 11:35 a.m., officers responded to the Ramada Inn on Rt. 300 after receiving a 911 hang-up.

Once at the scene, police found a ground-level room filled with smoke and containing an active fire.

Officers removed 48-year-old Jason Conn, of Newburgh, from the room, and he was taken to Montefiore St. Luke's Hospital for smoke exposure.

After an investigation, Conn was arrested for felony second-degree arson, felony second-degree criminal mischief, and felony first-degree reckless endangerment.

Conn was arraigned on July 25, remanded to the custody of the Orange County Sheriff's Office, and was held without bail.

The Town of Newburgh Police Department thanked the Winona Lake Fire Department, the Goodwill Fire Department, the Orange Lake Fire Department, the Cronomer Valley Fire Department, Town of Newburgh EMS, the Coldenham Fire Department, the City of Newburgh Fire Department, the Vails Gate Fire Department, the New Windsor Fire Department, the Town of Newbugh Fire Investigators, the Hudson Valley Arson and Explosion Task Force, the Orange County District Attorney's Office investigators; and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.