Police blotter

Fayette man faces

two arson charges

FAYETTEVILLE - A Fayette County man has been charged with startingtwo fires in the Minden area.

Aaron William Dabler, 20, of Minden allegedly set two abandonedstructures on fire on Oct. 29, 2003, according to a release from theFayette County Sheriff's Department.

Dabler, who was charged with two counts of second-degree arson andone count of conspiracy, also is a suspect in several other fires inthe Minden area, the sheriff's department reported. Some of theblazes occurred on land owned by the National Park Service.

The sheriff's department said more arrests are pending.

Dabler was being held at Southern Regional Jail in Beaver on$20,000 bond.

Students charged

in theft of signs

SPENCER - Two West Virginia Wesleyan College students have beencharged with stealing two signs from the local West Virginia StatePolice detachment during last year's Black Walnut Festival.

James Atkins, 18, of Spencer and Carl Santamaria, 19, ofMartinsburg were arraigned Tuesday in Roane County Magistrate Courton petit larceny charges, said Trooper F.L. Hammack.

The signs were found in the students' dorm rooms, Hammack said. Hewould not say what led police to the signs, which were not replacedafter they were taken on Oct. 11.

Santamaria was released on a $1,000 personal recognizance bond. ARoane County Magistrate Court clerk could not find records on Atkinson Wednesday.