Two Oxford men charged with setting cars on fire

Published 11:22 am Tuesday, February 28, 2017

The Oxford Police Department arrested two Oxford men for allegedly setting a fire in the back of a pickup last month.

According to reports, on Jan. 13, Andrew D. Hobby, 31, and Jerry T. Miller, 19, stated a fire in the truck where a four-wheeler was located. The fire destroyed the pickup and the four-wheeler. Another vehicle parked beside the pick up was damaged as well.

A witness came forward and gave the details of how the crime took place.

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Hobby and Miller were charged with two counts of felony malicious mischief and taken to the Lafayette County Detention Center where they were booked on bonds of $10,000 each.