FORT WORTH — Police say a suspect has been taken into custody after another Molotov cocktail was ignited in Hulen Mall one week after a similar arson attack in the same Fort Worth shopping center.
Authorities have identified the suspect as Craig Michael Tezeno, 46. Special Agent in Charge Eric Jackson, with the FBI, said authorities plan on filing a complaint against Tezeno for "using a device to cause a fire against a building."
The fire was reported Friday morning in the women's shoe section of the Sears department store. According to police at the scene, the fire was started by a Molotov cocktail, which was the same incendiary device used to set blazes inside the mall last week.
Chief Joel Fitzgerald said mall employees recognized the suspect Friday from images released from the previous arson attack.
Last Saturday, Fort Worth police released images of a male suspect in connection to the previous Molotov cocktail incidents. According to police, the man ignited bottles filled with flammable liquid inside the Dillard's and Sears department stores.
No one was injured in either incidents.
Tezeno, of Fort Worth, was taken into custody early Friday afternoon while on the second level inside the mall after the most recent arson strike.
Fitzgerald said FBI and ATF agents worked with police and the local fire department to investigate the fires. Authorities are investigating to determine a motive behind the arson attacks.