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Fire hose-slashing rioter charged in Baltimore

Greg Bailey, 22, was charged with obstructing firefighting operations, malicious destruction of property and reckless endangerment

The Baltimore Sun

BALTIMORE — State fire marshals have charged a man they believe punctured a fire hose at the scene of a fire in Baltimore on Monday night.

Greg Bailey, 22, was charged with obstructing firefighting operations, malicious destruction of property and reckless endangerment, the State Fire Marshal’s office announced Friday night.

Bailey was already being held at the Baltimore City Detention Center on unrelated charges. The fire marshals credited social media with helping identify Bailey as the suspect in the crime. A Baltimore police officers recognized pictures of the suspect that were circulated online and on social media, and contacted fire marshals.

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