The employee was due to work that evening.
A California Walmart employee started fires in the bathrooms and infant clothing department of a store on Sunday night to get out of work, local law enforcement has claimed.
Hesperia Sheriff’s station spokesman Edgar Moran told the News: “Video surveillance showed Smith starting a fire out in front of Walmart, then walking to Pieology and starting a fire in the trashcan there; Smith then walked back to Walmart and started a fire in the infant clothing section. He then created two separate fires in the front and rear bathroom.”
Arson in California gained particular attention last year after two wildland fires were linked to arson, as The Palm Springs Desert Sun noted in August. In 2017, there were 8,650 cases of arson in the state, the publication added.
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