Crime & Safety
Arson Dog Finds Suspect In Shed
Nashville Fire crews arrived at a vacant home in Madison early Tuesday to find flames shooting from every opening.
MADISON, TN -- A vacant home in Madison burned early Tuesday, prompting an arson investigation.
Nashville Fire crews arrived at the home on Gallatin Pike and Williams Avenue early Tuesday morning and saw flames shooting from every opening.
With no electricity running to the home, investigators quickly suspected arson and called in NFD's arson dog to sniff for accelerants. The dog led firefighters to a shed where Donald Todd Jr., 47, was hiding.
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He is charged with arson.
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