GRAND JUNCTION, CO — A 27-year-old man was arrested Saturday after allegedly setting fire to a North Avenue business following a domestic dispute with its owner, then damaging a window at her home.
On October 24, at approximately 2:10 p.m., first responders were dispatched to a structure fire at Puppy Love, located at 337 North Avenue.
Grand Junction Fire Department crews extinguished the fire and found no one inside the business. No injuries were reported.
Fire investigators with the Grand Junction Fire Department and Grand Junction Police Department found evidence of arson. According to investigators, the suspect, identified as Joseph Kimball-Oney, 27, had been involved in a domestic dispute with the female business owner.
Kimball-Oney allegedly started the fire before driving to the woman’s residence, where he threw rocks at the house and shattered a window. He left in a vehicle before officers arrived.
At approximately 4:55 p.m., Grand Junction Police officers located Kimball-Oney in the area of 32330 Willow Bend Road in Whitewater and took him into custody.
He was booked into the Mesa County Detention Facility on the following charges:
- First-Degree Arson
- Criminal Mischief — $100,000 or More, Less Than $1,000,000
- Intimidating a Witness
- Menacing with a Real or Simulated Weapon
- Harassment — Repeated Telephone Calls
- Violation of a Protection Order (10 Counts)
- Second-Degree Burglary
- Domestic Violence