USM student charged with setting fire in Gorham dorm

GORHAM — A 20-year-old University of Southern Maine student has been charged with setting fires in his dormitory in Gorham Monday morning.

Jordan D. Maroon, a junior from Winslow, was arrested Monday afternoon and charged with three counts of arson, according to the state Fire Marshal’s Office. He was being held at the Cumberland County Jail.

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The fires were reported to university police at about 4:30 a.m. Maroon is accused of starting a fire in a first-floor trash can by the main entrance of Philipi Hall, and setting fire to two posters inside the building.  No one was injured. The dorm houses about 200 students.

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