COLDWATER, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — An Ohio man was charged on Saturday, July 9, for setting a fire at a motorcycle club in Branch County.
Authorities say 65-year-old Michael Behringer was charged with 3rd degree arson for a fire that was set at the Blue Angels Motorcycle Club House on Clay Street near Garfield Avenue in Coldwater.
Coldwater Public Safety and the fire marshal responded and gathered witness statements, security video and other evidence from the scene. WOOD TV-8 reported that one witness had stated that the fire “was deliberately set.”
Police were able to identify Behringer through evidence gathered and arrest him during a traffic stop.
He is now lodged at the Branch County Jail.
