Man Arrested For Meth Fire
Posted/updated on: November 7, 2010 at 5:28 pm
LUFKIN — A Lufkin man was arrested for allegedly burning down his mother’s home with a meth lab last week. Angelina County Sheriff’s Office investigators got a warrant for James Durham’s arrest after a state fire marshal ruled the Thursday blaze arson. Durham was arrested Tuesday afternoon at the motel room Red Cross provided his family following the fire. His mother says she had no knowledge of the meth lab. Last Thursday,investigators discovered components of a portable “shake and bake” meth lab in Durham’s bedroom, where the fire began on FM 1475. Durham was being held in the Angelina County Jail on a $25,000 bond for arson.
