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Article: Police arrest suspect in arsons.(Crime)(David Robert Franz, 29, of Springfield is charged in a string of Springfield fires)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- October 2, 2004
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Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard
SPRINGFIELD - A 29-year-old Springfield man with an extensive criminal record has been charged with setting 17 fires at homes and outbuildings in the past eight months.
Police said Friday that David Robert Franz is the elusive Springfield serial arsonist. He was arrested late Thursday and jailed on 12 counts of first-degree arson and five counts of second-degree arson.
Franz, a Springfield native, has been arrested 91 times since 1996, mostly on theft and drug charges as well as parole violations and failing to appear at court hearings, Springfield Police Chief Jerry Smith said. He has been released from ...