Magoffin County Arrest Made in Ongoing Wolfe County Arson Investigation

An arrest has been made in Magoffin County in connection with some alleged arsons in Wolfe County last year.

Several barn fires have been under investigation by the Wolfe County Sheriff’s Department since December and three people have already been arrested and indicted.

But they had not yet located a fourth suspect, Freddy Fletcher, until last week.

That was when the Magoffin County Sheriff’s Department got a tip that Fletcher was staying in a trailer on Far Middle Fork.

The Salyersville Independent reports he was taken into custody last week.

All four men are charged with arson, criminal mischief, menacing and cruelty to animals.