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Bus fire update
Posted: 03.03.2010 at 11:44 AM
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QUINCY, ILL. -- A Quincy teenager was charged this morning with setting fire to several school busses at Flinn Stadium.

17 year old Zachary Wheeler is charged with arson and criminal damage to school property.

He could face 14 years in prison in convicted.

Police say Wheeler went to the stadium around 10:15 p.m. Friday night and set the fire that destroyed 3 buses and damaged two others.

Adams County States Attorney Jon Barnard says the charges are very serious.

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