<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4Dmu6j_0mFC3TcN00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4Dmu6j_0mFC3TcN00" width="1320" height="743" ></figure>VANCOUVER, Wash. — A man has been arrested for what police say was a targeted arson incident against a Vancouver couple, lighting their house on fire while they and their pets were inside - and then posting about how they "deserved it" online. Robert Boomsliter, 38, has been arrested for Arson I in connection with a fire that occurred on January 8, 2023, and is suspected of setting at least five other suspicious fires. According to court documents, on January 8 Vancouver Fire Department and Vancouver Police responded to a housefire in the 8000 block of NE 9th St. in Vancouver.Their investigation revealed that a suspect had set fire to the victims' house while they and their pets were inside. The suspect set the fire early in the morning, and security footage captured him walking up the front driveway and pouring a fire accelerant on the entryway before lighting a fire. The house was damaged in the fire, but the victims, a married couple, as well as their pets were unharmed. Investigators continued to look into the arson over the coming weeks, and connected it to several fires prior to and after the arson on NE 9th.On April 9 police received a tip from the NE 9th St. arson victim that Robert Boomsliter had been posting public messages online about how the victims had "deserved it."Police went to Boomsliter's residence and noted he seemed to be wearing the same jacket seen on the suspect in the 9th St. surveillance footage. They also said that his home was in walking distance of the victims' house.Police interviewed Boomsliter's sister, who told them she was concerned for his mental health and that he was paranoid, often walking around the neighborhood at odd hours of the day and night for no apparent reason. Boomsliter was then arrested based on evidence from verbal statements and video footage. The investigation into the other arson incidents is ongoing, and anyone with information on any unreported suspicious fire incidents within the last six months is encouraged to contact the Vancouver Fire Department or Vancouver Police Department by calling 9-1-1.</div></body>

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Police: Man arrested for lighting Vancouver house on fire while couple, pets were inside

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A man has been arrested for what police say was a targeted arson incident against a Vancouver couple, lighting their house on fire while they and their pets were inside - and then posting about how they \"deserved it\" online. Robert Boomsliter, 38, has been arrested...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A man has been arrested for what police say was a targeted arson incident against a Vancouver couple, lighting their house on fire while they and their pets were inside - and then posting about how they "deserved it" online. Robert Boomsliter, 38, has been arrested...