Date: Fri 22-Jan-1999

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDYG

Quick Words:

Garner-fire-inmate

Full Text:

Small Fire Extinguished In Inmate's Cell At Garner

State police report a January 17 incident at the high-security Garner

Correctional Institution in which an inmate allegedly started a fire in his

cell.

State police said inmate Robert McMillan, 17, of Stamford ignited his mattress

in Cell D-201.

McMillan allegedly started the fire by using the electrical outlet in the

cell, state police said. The fire destroyed about one-half of the mattress. It

was extinguished by Department of Correction personnel, state police said.

Neither McMillan nor the DOC staffers were injured in the incident.

State police said they charged McMillan with third-degree arson and reckless

burning. McMillan was scheduled for arraignment in Danbury Superior Court.