POLICE: Fort Erie youth facing arson charge following fire on Dunlop Street

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FORT ERIE – An underage Fort Erie teen has been charged with arson in connection with a fire at a building on Dunlop Street

The incident happened Nov. 17.

Firefighters responded to a report of a working fire inside a building at 40 Dunlop St.

The fire was quickly extinguished. The local fire inspector later determined the cause to be arson.

The investigation was then turned over to the NRP’s Fort Erie detachment detective office.

On Wednesday, police made an arrest.

The name of the youth cannot be published due to the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

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John Robbins, an award-winning multimedia journalist, joined Bullet News as a staff writer in January 2011. He was named editor in April 2013. The veteran reporter worked in Niagara and Fort Erie for more than a decade, using his investigative skills in a wide range of beats, including local politics, health/environment, education, business and tourism. His writing has earned him six Ontario Newspaper Awards Robbins, born and raised in Niagara Falls, studied at Emmanuel Bible College and Brock University before graduating from the Journalism-Print program at Niagara College, where he earned several scholarships and awards. During his 11 years as a reporter at the Niagara Falls Review, Robbins, who was Fort Erie bureau chief from 2002-2006, was instrumental in bringing video and e-reporting skills into daily practice at the newspaper and helped build its web and social media audiences. In 2009, Robbins received an appointment to journalism-print advisory committee at Niagara College. Robbins lives in Ridgeway.