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Man accused of setting van on fire at Woodland Safeway

By The (Longview) Daily News
Published: June 7, 2018, 8:17pm

WOODLAND — Woodland police arrested a man early Wednesday morning after he allegedly set his van on fire in a Safeway parking lot and kicked a paramedic in the face.

According to Woodland Police Chief Jim Kelly, officers received a call at 1:30 a.m. that someone had set off fire alarms at the Rodeway Inn on Atlantic Avenue.

While officers were searching for the suspect, at 1:58 a.m. they received another call that a man had set his van on fire in a Safeway parking lot near Pacific Avenue, across Interstate 5.

Officers and firefighters from Clark County Fire & Rescue responded to the scene and found Michael Blain Hendricks, 27, who allegedly confessed to setting his van on fire. According to Kelly, Hendricks yelled at the officers, “I did this, I did this,” and told them that somebody was chasing him and trying to kill him. Kelly said although it hasn’t been confirmed, he suspects that Hendricks was under the influence of a controlled substance.

Officers discovered that Hendricks allegedly set off the fire alarms at Rodeway Inn, hopped a fence, ran across I-5 without getting hit and hopped a second fence to reach his van in the Safeway parking lot. Because of this, Kelly said Hendricks had many scratches, so they called paramedics.

While paramedics attempted to set Hendricks on a stretcher, he became agitated and allegedly kicked a medic in the face, according to Kelly.

After being taken to St. John Medical Center and released, Hendricks was booked into the Cowlitz County Jail on suspicion of second-degree arson and third-degree assault.

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