Warren County, MO - Fiery spree leaves cop cars in flames

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Warrenton - Two young men aged 19 and 21 were each charged with first-degree burglary, stealing a motor vehicle and stealing over $500. Bond is set at $100,000.
The sheriff reports: At about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, the duo went to the parking lot behind the courthouse in Warrenton. They put a firework into the fuel filler tube of a Warren County sheriff's patrol car and lit it. But the fire didn't catch, and the pair ran off. They went to a nearby home and stole a can of gasoline. Then, they put a gas-soaked rag into the fuel tank of a patrol car and lit it.They ran to a nearby park and watched as firefighters put out the fire. The car was gutted. It was worth about $8,000, the sheriff said, and contained several thousand dollars' worth of police equipment.
After that, the pair broke into two homes and stole a truck. Hours later, at about 11:45 p.m. Thursday, they put gasoline into a weed-killer pressure sprayer and sprayed gas onto three cars owned by the Warrenton Police Department. They lit the gas and watched as it burned out. They came back with more gasoline and charcoal lighter fluid. They started another fire on the police cars. An officer saw the fire and used a fire extinguisher to put out the fire. Only one police car was damaged.
A half-hour later, the men set the stolen truck on fire and drove it onto railroad tracks near the Highway 47 overpass in Warrenton.