Crime & Safety

Warrant: Cigarette Lighter Used in Fire at Acworth Home Owned by Otis Nixon

While there were no injuries, the damage was extensive.

New details in a Cobb County arrest warrant spell out how Lamine Diaw allegedly set fire to an Acworth home owned by former Atlanta Braves star Otis Nixon.

Between 2 a.m. and 2:40 a.m. Sunday, Diaw allegedly poured gasoline on the mailbox, basketball goal post, and front porch of the home in the 400 block of Bass Way, according to the warrant.

"Accused then used a cigarette lighter to ignite all three items causing fire damage to all three items," an Acworth police officer wrote in the warrant.

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While there were no injuries, the damage was extensive. The fire destroyed all but the two-door garage of the home, according to the Marietta Daily Journal. The vinyl siding at a home next to the Nixon residence melted, according to the warrant.

Diaw, who lives in the 380 block of Bass Way, was arrested on charges that include two counts of first-degre arson. He is in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center without bond.

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Police Chief Wayne Dennard told the MDJ that Diaw said "he set the fire over a dispute."

According to online jail records, Diaw was born in France and has a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold on his release.


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