Ohio: IID Used in Attempted Arson Attack
On 24 January 2024, at approximately 0409 hours local time, the Van Wert 911 Center received a call about a garage fire on the 900 block of Leeson Avenue. Van Wert Police Department officers responded and found evidence that someone used an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, to attempt to set the garage on fire. The IID ignited a recycling bin, but an individual inside the garage was unharmed. Surveillance video captured a suspect fleeing the scene after the attempted arson, but no one has been arrested in connection with the incident.