Alexanr Gaye of Lowell was arrted around 3:20 p.m. after he was regnized by a Lowell police tective, the Middlex district attorney’s office said.
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- ALEXANR GAYE ARRTED, CHARGED WH MURR IN CONNECTN WH LOWELL FIRE
- 16-YEAR-OLD ALEXANR GAYE THIRD PERSON ARRTED NNECTN WH FATAL FEBARY FIRE LOWELL
ALEXANR GAYE ARRTED, CHARGED WH MURR IN CONNECTN WH LOWELL FIRE
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LOWELL (CBS) -- The arrt of 16-year-old Alexanr Gaye nnectn wh a adly fire Lowell was announced Sunday night. Middlex District Attorney Marian Ryan said on Thursday that police were searchg for Gaye. Gaye is charged wh murr, arson of a dwellg, three unts of armed asslt to murr, jury to a firefighter, and timidatn of a wns.
Alexanr Gaye of Lowell was arrted around 3:20 p.
Gaye and his -fendant, 20-year-old Julian Boyks, who was arrted Thursday, allegedly set a fire a Wtford Street apartment buildg on Feb. Gaye and Boyks face numero charg, cludg murr, arson, armed asslt, jury to a firefighter, and timidatn of a wns, acrdg to the statement. Gaye is expected to be arraigned Monday morng Lowell District Court.
16-YEAR-OLD ALEXANR GAYE THIRD PERSON ARRTED NNECTN WH FATAL FEBARY FIRE LOWELL
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The Middlex District Attorney announced 20-year-old Julian Boyks and 16-year-old Alexanr Gaye of Lowell have been charged wh murr, arson, asslt to murr, timidatn of a wns and nspiracy. Police are still searchg for Alexanr Gaye. Middlex District Attorney Marian Ryan said surveillance vio shows Boyks and Gaye near the Wtford Street home the night of the fire.
"Subsequent vtigatn showed that Boyks and Gaye traveled to that apartment wh the tent to set fire and the method of settg that fire was by g a cigarette lighter applied to a trash bag, " Ryan said. Julian Boyks, a 20-year-old om Lowell, 16-year-old Alexanr Gaye, of Lowell, and Dracut 19-year-old Tanya Karadanis, have been charged nnectn wh the three-alarm blaze igned on Feb. Ryan said the State Fire Marshal’s office has termed that Boyks and Gaye allegedly ed a cigarette lighter to burn a trash bag before leavg ablaze the back hallway of the multiple-story buildg.
A Lowell police tective arrted Alexanr Gaye,16, Sunday and charged him wh murr nnectn wh the Febary 10 arson ath of Em Chak a Wtford Street fire. Gaye is one of three people charged the fire. * alexander gaye lowell *
10 showg Boyks and Gaye allegedly gog to the back entrance of the Wtford Street apartment buildg together sends before the stcture was engulfed flam. “That vio also shows the same two men, Boyks and Gaye, leavg the scene of the fire a small four-door sedan, ” Ryan said. Gaye is facg the same charg as Boyks, other than nspiracy.
Ryan said officers are still actively searchg for Gaye, and anyone wh rmatn on his lotn is urged to ntact Lowell police. The charg follow accatns Boyks and 16-year-old Alexanr Gaye, also of Lowell, started the fire at 98 Wtford St. Police rema on the lookout for Gaye, Middlex District Attorney spokwoman Marcela Dwork said late Friday afternoon.
Julian Boyks, 20, of Lowell, was arrted Thursday, and police are still seekg 16-year-old Alexanr Gaye, also of Lowell, Middlex District Attorney Marian Ryan said. * alexander gaye lowell *
Surveillance footage llected nearby the fire showed that on the night of the blaze, Boyks and Gaye allegedly traveled to the Wtford Street apartment buildg together and entered the back entrance “sends before the buildg beme engulfed flam, ” Ryan said. Ryan said an vtigatn termed Boyks and Gaye allegedly set fire to a trash bag wh a cigarette lighter and then left the bag near an ex a back hallway. Anyone wh rmatn on Gaye’s whereabouts is asked to ll Lowell Police Department at 978-937-3200.