Crime & Safety

Police Catch Person Setting Fires at Boston College

A student faces numerous arson charges for the fires on campus.

Boston College Police have arrested a student who allegedly started a number of fires around campus this fall.

Pengliang Yue, a BC junior from Shenzhen, China, was arraigned Wednesday in Newton District Court on one count of arson, three counts of attempted arson, four counts of malicious destruction of property and one count of disorderly conduct, according to a press release from BC Office of News and Public Affairs.

Yue confessed to setting the fires in Gasson and Stokes halls on Nov. 9, according to the release. BC issued a summary suspension to Yue when he was arrested.


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