Justin Otto, 33, was arrested and charged with setting fire to personal property or land.NASHVILLE, Tenn. -
Metro police arrested a 33-year-old Nashville man late Thursday night after he allegedly set a woman's tent on fire at the Occupy Nashville camp.
Authorities said demonstrators saw the man, later identified as Justin Otto, toss something onto an unoccupied sleeping bag and set it on fire.
Protestors chased Otto, stopped him near the intersection of Capitol Boulevard and Church Street and held him until police arrived.
It was not immediately known if Otto was connected to the Occupy Nashville camp or the movement, or whether he knew the women whose belongings he set ablaze.
The women had various articles of clothing destroyed in the fire.
Witnesses told police Otto was angry because he thought the woman had stolen his wallet.
Otto was arrested and charged with setting fire to personal property or land.
He was booked into the Metro jail on a $3,500 bond.
Otto was most recently arrested in Nashville in September on charges he harassed an ex-girlfriend by sending her a series of derogatory text messages and leaving her a threatening voicemail, according to an affidavit.
That case is pending.
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Previous Stories:
- Dec. 25, 2011: Protesters occupy Tenn. plaza on Christmas Day
- Dec. 4, 2011: Police arrest 13 protesters associated with Occupy Nashville
- Nov. 20, 2011: Protesters prepare for indefinite stay on plaza
- Nov. 14, 2011: Citations issued to Occupy Nashville protesters dismissed
- Nov. 10, 2011: Governor seeks to drop Occupy Nashville charges
- Nov. 9, 2011: Staffer says she was urinated on near Occupy Nashville protesters
- Nov. 4, 2011: Occupy movement spreads to Murfreesboro
- Nov. 3, 2011: Occupy Nashville protesters deliver letter to governor
- Nov. 2, 2011: Faces of Occupy Nashville revealed
- Nov. 1, 2011: Occupy Nashville comes with cost
- Nov. 1, 2011: Haslam: Curfew, arrests, necessary for safety
- Oct. 31, 2011: Tenn. agrees to stop arresting Occupy protesters
- Oct. 30, 2011: Occupy Nashville protesters expect arrests
- Oct. 29, 2011: Judge dismisses Occupy Nashville warrants
- Oct. 28, 2011: Arrested Occupy protesters issued citations, released
- Oct. 26, 2011: Occupy Nashville protesters stand their ground
- Oct. 18, 2011: Occupy Nashville protesters march through downtown
- Oct. 6, 2011:'Occupy Nashville' protest held at Legislative Plaza
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