From Tribune staff reports
LEEDS –Leeds Police Chief Paul Irwin reported that they have identified some suspects in the case of the Pathway Baptist Church fire during last week’s Leeds City Council meeting.
Irwin said they are working with the district attorney, but no additional information is being given out at this time because the suspects are juveniles.
The fire, which occurred in January, destroyed the abandoned church, which had previously been known as Leeds First Baptist Church before it was renamed to Pathway.
The council voted to declare it a public nuisance in February in order to clean up the ruined site.
Leeds Mayor David Miller said that the city government has been determining the costs to perform the work, specifying that so far they have “just north” of $150,000.
He added that they should know the final costs by the next meeting of the council.
