By Jim Kleinpeter
Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
Copyright 2006 The Times-Picayune Publishing Company
BATON ROUGE, La. — Four juveniles between the ages of nine and 15 were arrested Monday in relation to a fire that destroyed a building inside LSU’s Tiger Stadium on Sunday.
LSU Police spokesman Maj. Ricky Adams said three of the juveniles were arrested for trespassing and another for simple arson and trespassing. An arrest warrant was waiting to be executed on a fifth juvenile for trespassing.
The fire destroyed a wooden office building used by Tiger Concessions, but did no structural damage to the stadium, Adams said. The Baton Rouge Fire Department extinguished the blaze shortly after it arrived.
The fire, near Gate 3 next to North Stadium Drive, set off an alarm at 6:25 p.m. Sunday. Adams said a witness notified LSU Police the youths were acting suspiciously in that area. Baton Rouge Police located the youths north of LSU, and LSU Police and the Baton Rouge Fire Department investigated the incident throughout the night.