Police: Tampa Man Burns House So Mother, Wife Won’t Move In

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Kent Perusse (credit: Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)


Home fire, Kent Perusse, Tampa crime, Tampa fires
TAMPA, Fla. (CBS Tampa) — Local authorities responding to distress calls arrived to a house in flames, the fire fully engulfing 5703 S MacDill Ave. as Kent Perusse, 48, allegedly resigned himself to watching it burn while he sat across the street on his neighbor’s lawn.

He said, “I did it, ” according to reports, and he allegedly did it for love — a love now over.

He told police he started the fire with gasoline because he didn’t want his mother, wife or daughter to move in.

Minutes earlier, witnesses told police Perusse calmly walked down his steps in socks and shorts, with a soot-smeared face and third-degree burns on his lower legs.

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Worst part is the dog. Hope the bastard gets a long time in prison....

[etherealtruth]

1. So he was willing to risk the lives of ...

firefighters/ emergency responders for this ... ? Self involved jack ass

[ManiacJoe]

3. Not really much risk.

The firefighters are just going to let it burn down while protecting the neighboring houses, assuming the reporter's statement about the "house being fully engulfed when the FD arrived" is correct.

[etherealtruth]

4. I hope not

[Angry Dragon]

2. An ass for killing his dog

[greytdemocrat]

5. Moron. n/t

[tanyev]

6. Sounds like he did them a favor.

Hope they have somewhere else they can go.