By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer
Thursday, January 13, 2011
ST. PETERSBURG — A St. Petersburg man is accused of torching a parked RV in December after he disputed work an auto shop did on his car.
Police said Jimmy Lee Davis, 19, was one of two people who doused an RV with gasoline at Bad to the Bone Auto Accessories, at 1446 34th St. S, and set it on fire Dec. 16. Police said Davis thought the business had not made appropriate amends after a dispute and set the fire in revenge.
His alleged accomplice was not identified.
The 2007 Ingersoll Rand "Hurricane" RV, valued at about $150,000, was destroyed. The business and RV belong to 48-year-old Evelio Calzadilla.
Davis was arrested Wednesday and faces a charge of second-degree arson. He was released on $10,000 bail.
On Jan. 6, police arrested Joshua Barron Whitlock, 20, of St. Petersburg ...