An East Cobb teenager was arrested last week after Cobb Police said he tried to set fire to a gas station on Johnson Ferry Road.
According to an arrest warrant, Ian Robert Simmons, 18, threw a Molotov cocktail at the Shell station at 2898 Johnson Ferry Road on July 9.
The warrant said that the device melted a trash can and chair next to the station’s convenience store around 12:45 p.m. on July 9, and which also melted a curb on a sidewalk and caused black residue on the side of the building.
The warrant also said Simmons used a hammer to shatter the glass door of the building but did not indicate a motive for the attack.
According to the Cobb Sheriff’s Office, Simmons, of a Lassiter Road address, was arrested at his residence several hours later and taken into custody.
He was charged with a felony count of arson and a felony count of second-degree criminal property damage. Booking reports show that Simmons was released from the Cobb Adult Detention Centeron July 11 on a $5,720 bond.
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