McMinn County man charged with arson

A 56-year-old McMinn County, Tenn., man is charged with arson in an October 2013 fire in Riceville that damaged a home on County Road 51, according to state officials.

Ricky Carter, of County Road 57 in Riceville, is charged on a grand jury indictment with setting fire to a vacant structure belonging to Carolyn Carter, state Bomb & Arson Unit investigators state in a release on Carter's arrest.

The fire happened the night of Oct. 20, 2013.

During the course of the investigation, state investigators and McMinn County Sheriff's Office detectives learned there was an ongoing family property dispute and Ricky Carter became a person of interest.

Case information presented to the county's grand jury resulted in the indictment charging Ricky Carter with arson, according to state officials. He was taken into custody on Saturday.

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