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Published on: 8/29/2007
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"He said he'd done it for the excitement, to be on the truck and put the fire out," said police chief Richard White, who served the warrants while accompanied by Southport police detective Gary Smith.
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White also said that Jolly is not suspected of a house fire that occurred in Boiling Spring Lakes on August 11 at 208 Redwood Road, just west of the railroad tracks from the other two fires.
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"We think we know who did it," White said of that arson, which remains under investigation.Three house fires in four weeks had fueled residents' fears of a serial arsonist in their midst, but White said those fears should die down with Jolly's arrest."I don't think we'll see anything like this for a while," he said.
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White added that Cobble was
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By the time the next firefighter arrived for Sunday's call, White said, Jolly had already opened the station's garage door.
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Following Sunday's blaze, White said his department received numerous phone calls from worried homeowners."Everybody's concerned," he said Monday."They don't know who's going to be next."After Tuesday’s arrest, White added: "I'm just glad we stopped it before anyone got hurt or killed," White said.