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Two arrested in Columbus insurance fraud fire
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- Two men arrested for fire on 15th Street in March 2026 involving arson and insurance fraud charges.
- Emerson Myers charged with first-degree arson and insurance fraud; Kelvin Hall charged with insurance fraud.
Columbus Fire and EMS arson investigators and Muscogee County Sheriffs Office Special Operations Unit have arrested two men in connection to a a fire.
The men, identified as Emerson Myers and Kelvin Hall, were arrested in connection to a fire that occurred in the 1400 block of 15th Street on March 7, 2026.
Myers was arrested on May 23, while Hall was arrested on May 26.
Myers is charged with arson in the first degree, criminal damage to property in the second degree and insurance fraud. Hall is charged with insurance fraud.
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