Kankakee City Police make arson arrest

Kankakee City Police report an arrest following a dumpster fire in the city. According to reports, it was just after two Saturday morning when officers were called to the 200 block of North Evergreen Avenue for a dumpster on fire. When they got there, they spoke to a witness who said they’d seen a juvenile lighting paper towels on fire and throwing them into the dumpster. Officers say they found the juvenile after a short search and he was identified by the witness as the one he’d seen throwing flaming paper towels into the dumpster. Reports say officers also spotted a Molotov cocktail in the area where the picked up the juvenile.