{"id":256979,"date":"2026-08-20T02:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T02:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/256979\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T02:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T02:05:10","slug":"lebanon-man-accused-of-setting-fire-inside-home-charged-with-arson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/256979\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon man accused of setting fire inside home, charged with arson"},"content":{"rendered":"

LEBANON, Mo. \u2014 A Laclede County man has been charged after deputies allege that he set fire to a home on Monday, Aug. 17.<\/p>\n

\"Earl<\/p>\n

Earl Yenter’s mugshot, photo courtesy of Laclede County Jail.<\/p>\n

According to online court dockets, Earl Yenter, born in 1936, of Lebanon, has been charged with first-degree arson.<\/p>\n

The Laclede County Sheriff’s Office notes in a probable cause statement that they were dispatched around 5:26 p.m. for a residential fire, where a person claimed they had woken up in their bedroom and smelled smoke.<\/p>\n

The reporting party told officials that they believed that Yenter had possibly been burning trash when they found part of the kitchen and Yenter’s bedroom on fire.<\/p>\n

Before the arrival of deputies, the reporting party said they extinguished the flames, but could not find Yenter, noticing that his vehicle was gone from the driveway of the home.<\/p>\n

Authorities entered the home, where they found the floor of the kitchen to be burned, with a burned trail leading to Yenter’s bedroom, the statement said.<\/p>\n

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In Yenter’s bedroom, a deputy reported seeing a burned trail with a back-and-forth pattern consistent with a fluid having been used to start the fire. The deputy also observed an empty can of acetone with the cap removed.<\/p>\n

Yenter later arrived at the residence, where he admitted to obtaining acetone and spraying it throughout the carpet areas of the bedroom, a closet and dining room, according to the statement.<\/p>\n

The statement says that Yenter said he lit a match, at which point the fire “exploded.”<\/p>\n

Yenter is in the Laclede County Jail with no bond, with a hearing set for Aug. 26.<\/p>\n

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