SPD: Man arrested after setting hotel room mattress on fire, leaving

(Seattle Police)

A man was arrested in downtown Seattle after reportedly setting a bed on fire in his hotel room Tuesday evening.

Officers were called around 8 p.m. Tuesday to reports of a 26-year-old man setting his mattress on fire, then leaving his hotel room. While police spoke with a hotel employee, firefighters arrived to extinguish the flames.

According to authorities, roughly $10,000 in damage was done to the property, but no one was injured.

Witness descriptions of the suspect helped police identify him as a suspect in previous incidents with a woman, where he reportedly threatened to burn her apartment down.

Officers contacted the woman, and she reported the man was outside her apartment building that same day.

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Police found the suspect in front of her apartment, then arrested him for arson and felony harassment.