40 year old Timothy Edward Clements pleading guilty to two counts of arson on the Dever Road in Saint John.
Police
getting calls to the west side on October 22 and November 7 with a
transport truck and a garage being destroyed in separate fires.
There had been a number of calls to the site before about suspicious fires.
The
court heard Clements emerged from the woods soaking wet and smelling of
smoke and told officers on the scene he was walking to work.
He
eventually admitted setting the fires by stuffing paper into the bunk of
the truck and set it ablaze and lighting the garage on fire with a
shredded tire.
The damage is estimated to be well into the tens
of thousands of dollars....Clements said all of his problems are the
result of alcohol and traumatic events in his childhood and he wants to
get help so he can get married & take care of his loved ones.
He will reappear for sentencing on December 18th.