A volunteer firefighter in South Carolina is facing arson charges after confessing to igniting three fires in an effort to improve his reputation among fellow firefighters, a local news station in Greenville, S.C., reported.
Samuel Thomas Moss was attempting to override his status as a registered sex offender by setting fires and responding to them to "show he was a good firefighter and hard worker," Greenwood County sheriff's investigator Jeff Graham told WYFF4.
Moss previously applied to be a firefighter but was denied because he is listed in the state's sex offender registry, according to WYFF4.
According to investigators, Moss was identified as a suspect because of his suspicious behavior around the fires and because he was the first to arrive, WYFF4.com reported.
Moss is being charged with third degree arson and willfully burning lands, according to WYFF4.com.
-PATRICIO CHILE
