A 22-year-old man is charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to the dumpster at Stella's Fish Café in Minneapolis' Uptown last week, according to charges filed Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court.
Tyler Michael Ferguson is charged with second-degree arson and first-degree damage to property.
According to the charges, police responded to a suspected arson of the dumpsters at Stella's on July 6. Police watched surveillance footage, which showed Ferguson and another person go into the alley by the dumpsters around 3 a.m. While the other person initially lights a paper bag on fire and sets it on top of the dumpster, Ferguson then adds cardboard to the flame and moves the burning paper bag so other items inside the dumpster catch fire.