PHOTO: A man and a woman have been charged in a massive fire that destroyed the former Anthony’s Cummaquid Inn in Yarmouth, Massachusetts in November, authorities announced Monday. Jacob Ladner, 22, and Isabella Medeiros, 18, were arrested Monday by state and local police over the Nov. 3 fire at the abandoned restaurant on Route 6A, according to state and local fire officials and Yarmouth police.
The pair are due to face charges of burning a building, breaking and entering, wanton destruction and trespassing in Barnstable District Court on Tuesday, the officials said. It wasn’t immediately clear if they had attorneys who could speak to the charges. The authorities didn’t share what from their four-month investigation led to the arrests of Ladner and Medeiros. “Fire is dangerous, destructive, and unpredictable. This intentionally set fire put first responders, the public, and the perpetrators themselves in danger,” Yarmouth Fire Chief Enrique Arrascue said in a statement.
