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Aberdeen Middle Student Arrested For Starting Fire

An Aberdeen boy was released to the custody of his parents after lighting paper products in school.

Posted Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 8:13 pm ET|Updated Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 8:28 pm ET

An Aberdeen boy was arrested Friday after allegedly starting a fire in a bathroom in Aberdeen Middle School.

According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal, the 12-year-old boy lit paper products on fire inside of a student bathroom on two different occasions.

School staff members discovered the fire, and it was controlled. The fire department did not have to respond.

There was an estimated $50 in damages, none to the structure of the building.

The boy was released to the custody of his parents.

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