Lawrence Bailey in Court on Arson Cases

Why would a man want to set his girlfriends home on fire The motive comes out during his preliminary hearing Lawrence Bailey is accused of starting his girlfriends home on fire He was in court today on that Arson charge and a 2006 Arson Donnell Preskey has more on details of the case Lawrence Bailey pleads not guilty to two counts of Arson but before that Detective Dean Clarkson shared details of the two fire cases April 8th there was a fire at Bailey s girlfriends home Clarkson says officers picked up on some unusual things at scene Vickie Ruele and her kids were looked like they just woke up Det Dean Clarkson Bismarck Police Dept He had lace up boots jeans buckle tucked in shirt ball cap cigarettes keys wallet Clarkson says Bailey also made so many comments about electrical problems it was odd The fire department determined the fire started on a kitchen counter and an accelerant was used Clarkson The top left burner was on the on position on low Clarkson says Bailey had many different stories about the fire Clarkson we had enough of his lies I placed him under arrest he was handcuffed then he said maybe I was sleepwalking Donnell Preskey KX News The big connection in the case came days after Baileys arrest Chris Dutchuk shared a cell with Bailey in the Burleigh Co jail He told Detective Clarkson says Bailey confessed to him Clarkson Starting the trailer fire the midco masonry fire and a couple rural fires that Mr Bailey has always been a person of interest Dutchuk also said Bailey told him why he set his girlfriends home on fire Clarkson As related to me by Mr Dutchek was to kill the two kids He didn t feel he could marry Vickie or have a life with her with the two children Bailey faces twenty years in prison Bailey is also charged with setting a business he owned on fire in 2006 Clarkson says Bailey was also a suspect in 6-8 haybale fires in Burleigh County The cell mate also had detailed information Bailey gave him on those fires