Fla. man sets neighbor's skateboard ramp on fire

[March 24, 2009]  ORANGE CITY, Fla. (AP) -- Sheriff deputies said a man set a skateboard ramp on fire after he repeatedly asked his neighbors to remove it from the road near his home.

Police said they found a 45-year-old man arguing with neighbors and the man who built the ramp after he set it on fire with a lighter.

Firefighters were also called to douse the flaming ramp.

The man told deputies that he told the builder several times to keep the ramp out of the road.

The man was charged with criminal mischief and released from the Volusia County Branch Jail.

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Information from: Daytona Beach News-Journal, http://www.news-journalonline.com/

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