Illinois man charged with arson after allegedly setting home ablaze on Thanksgiving

An Illinois antheral was arrested aft helium allegedly intentionally acceptable his family's location connected occurrence pursuing a heated statement connected Thanksgiving, according to police.

Erik J. Crump, 21, was charged with aggravated arson and residential arson successful transportation with the incident.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called astir 7:30 p.m. Thursday to a location successful the 40100 artifact of North Lone Oak Road successful Beach Park for a reported argument. 

Family members told deputies they were frustrated due to the fact that Crump had been antagonizing others successful the home, though officers said nary transgression had occurred.

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Erik J. Crump, 21, was charged with aggravated arson and residential arson. (Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Deputies deescalated the situation, and Crump agreed to abstracted from the household for the remainder of the evening.

About an hr later, deputies returned to the location for reports of a fire.

When firefighters arrived, they saw a antheral matching Crump’s statement lasting adjacent the roadway equipped with a knife, earlier helium fled.

Deputies acceptable up a perimeter, and a sheriff’s K9 tracked his scent to a dead-end, indicating helium whitethorn person near successful a vehicle.

Crump was aboriginal located astatine a retention installation successful the 39400 artifact of North Lewis Avenue and taken into custody without incident.

Detectives said Erik J. Crump utilized an accelerant to acceptable his chamber connected fire. (Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Detectives determined that Crump had been told aft the earlier statement that helium would beryllium kicked retired of the home. He allegedly returned, utilized an accelerant to ignite his bedroom, and fled arsenic the occurrence spread, causing large damage.

The household past noticed fume filling the location and instantly evacuated.

"It’s thing abbreviated of a blessing that cipher was injured oregon killed successful this senseless act," Sheriff John D. Idleburg said successful a statement. "While families crossed Lake County were sitting down for Thanksgiving, our dispatchers were answering the call, and our deputies were retired responding to them."

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The occurrence caused large harm to the home. (Lake County Sheriff’s Office)

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"Our team, on with our occurrence work partners, responded wrong minutes, secured the area, helped guarantee the occurrence was extinguished, and took this idiosyncratic into custody earlier anyone other was enactment astatine risk," helium continued. "I americium incredibly arrogant of their professionalism and their committedness to keeping our assemblage harmless each hr of each day."

The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office, aft reviewing the circumstances of the incident, approved the aggravated arson and residential arson charges.