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(Cedar Rapids, IA) -- A man from Cedar Rapids is facing first-degree arson charges after police say he started fires at a motel and a hospital.
Officers say 70 year-old Joseph Detrent admitted to starting a fire in his room at a Motel 6 on Southgate Court Monday.
After he was transported to Mercy Hospital, he was seen on surveillance video Tuesday morning starting a fire in his hospital room.
Detrent is now in the Linn County jail.
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