Man Who Set Fire in Shrewsbury Park was Seminary Student

MISSOURI
CBS St. Louis

Kevin Killeen (@KMOXKilleen)
March 16, 2015

ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – The man charged with setting fire to playground equipment in Shrewsbury was preparing to become a Catholic priest in the undergraduate program at Kenrick Seminary in Shrewsbury.

William C. Holmes, 23, of the 300 block of Hoener Street in Waterloo, is accused of setting fires that ruined playground equipment and a picnic table at Brinkop Park in Shrewsbury on March 8.

He is charged with two counts of knowingly burning, a Class-D felony, and was released after posting a $10,000 bond.

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