(Wentworth, NC) – Around 8 p.m. on August 23, 2024, the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office was called to 191 Trantham Rd. Reidsville, N.C., because of a fire. There had been a ruckus there.
Investigators from the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office worked with the Rockingham County Fire Marshal’s Office and Safe Labs Forensic Laboratory Services to find that the fire was intentionally set.
Someone named JONAS ALLEN STRICTLAND, 42, of 191 Tratham Rd., Reidsville, N.C., was charged with Second Degree Arson after the investigation was over. He was caught and put in the Rockingham County Detention Facility with NO BOND.
Police Chief Sam Page would like to thank the Rockingham County Fire Marshal’s Office and the Forensic Investigators from Safe Labs for their help with the investigation into the fire.