After being traced to videos sent to high-school students on Snapchat during the blaze, Anthony Stowers, 25, admitted to officials that he started the fire that fully engulfed the clubhouse of Sherbrooke Estates G&CC in Lake Worth, Fla. on February 11, causing more than $800,000 in damage. Stowers, whose father is a renter in the community, was reportedly upset about lack of maintenance for the facility.
A 25-year-old Florida man has been accused by the Palm Beach County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office of setting fire to the clubhouse of Sherbrooke Estates Golf & Country Club in Lake Worth, Fla. and posting videos on Snapchat during the blaze, the Palm Beach Post reported.
Anthony Stowers of Lake Worth was arrested on February 23 on an arson charge, the Post reported, and a judge ordered that he be held in the Palm Beach County Jail on a $50,000 bond.
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue crews found the Sherbrooke Estates clubhouse fully engulfed in flames early on February 11 and the blaze caused more than $800,000 in damage, sheriff’s records said.
Stowers sent Snapchat videos during the fire to multiple high-school students, records showed. In the videos, the Post reported, Stowers said that his father pays rent to the community and was upset that the clubhouse hadn’t been maintained.
“You know what?” Stowers allegedly said in the videos. “Y’all gonna see a structure fire tonight. I hope you all enjoy.”
After a teen texted Stowers about the fire, the Post reported, Stowers told the teen that he “blacked out” and “didn’t even remember doing it,” according to sheriff’s office records.
He told the teen that he drank an entire bottle of “Captain,” a brand of rum, the Post reported.
Stowers spoke with officials on February 23 and admitted to starting the fire, the Post reported. However he couldn’t remember the details of the fire, including how it started. He told detectives that he always carries a lighter in his pocket.
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