Arrest Made After Fox News’ 50-Foot Christmas Tree Is Set Ablaze in NYC
It’s beginning to look a lot like arson after a Fox News Christmas tree in Manhattan went up like a torch. The holiday display, at Sixth Avenue and 48th Street in the center of midtown Manhattan, caught fire early…
It’s beginning to look a lot like arson after a Fox NewsChristmas tree in Manhattan went up like a torch.
The holiday display, at Sixth Avenue and 48th Street in the center of midtown Manhattan, caught fire early Wednesday, according to Fox News.
Just after midnight, security guards at the New York City headquarters of Fox News noticed a decoration not in keeping with the red, white and blue All-American motif, as a man started climbing the 50-foot-tall “tree,” which is actually an artificial creation on a metal frame shaped like a tree.
According to WABC, after the man climbed the structure, he lit papers he brought with him on fire and pushed them into the frame.
Police responded to arrest the man as firefighters extinguished the flames.
Craig Tamanaha, 49, was arrested, according to WABC-TV. Police listed him as homeless, with a last known address in Brooklyn.
Tamanaha is charged with criminal mischief, reckless endangerment, arson, criminal nuisance, endangering others, criminal trespass, criminal tampering and disorderly conduct.