Suspected Arsonist Sought

WOOD COUNTY — Wood County Sheriff’s authorities are searching for a 41-year-old Winnsboro man in connection with a home that was set on fire Friday afternoon. According to Wood County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Jerry Blaylock, deputies were dispatched to the 300 block of County Road 4400 in Winnsboro at just after 3:15 Friday afternoon in connection with an assault and arson. Blaylock said a victim and witness told authorities that James Roy Henson had been “acting strange all day and took a torch and set the victim’s house on fire while she and a friend were at the residence.” Blaylock said Henson was facing charges for arson and assault.