MILWAUKEE — A 19-year-old is under arrest after allegedly setting fire to a playground in New Berlin.
Police responded to calls from neighbors around 4:40 a.m. on May 29 to reports that Biwer Park was on fire. Witnesses told officers that they saw a man in the park with a gas can.
Officers found the merry-go-round on fire when they arrived, which the New Berlin Fire Department was able to put the fire out.
Police later found and arrested a 19-year-old man from New Berlin, and confirmed that he “started the fire with a series of Molotov cocktails”.
No one was injured, but the merry-go-round was destroyed and there was minor damage to the basketball court.
Officers believe the man acted alone, and there is no danger to the public.